Multiple explosions in Brussels

Yesterday, March 22, three explosions - two at the airport and one on a train - killed at least 31 people and injured 260 more. Many of the injured are in critical condition and some people are still unaccounted for. Two suspects, brothers Brahim and Khalid El Bakraoui, are believed to have been suicide bombers. Another suspect, who is unidentified, fled the airport leaving behind his bag of explosives.


Photo: Ketevan Kardava / Georgian Public Broadcaster

The morning after the Brussels attacks, Belgian state broadcaster RTBF identified two of the three men captured from CCTV footage at Zaventem Airport shortly before the attack. The two suicide bombers were identified as Khalid and Brahim El-Bakraoui, brothers who were known to the police, said RTBF, quoting police sources. One of the brothers, Khalid, had rented the apartment at 60 rue du Dries under a false name, according to the state broadcaster.
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There is speculation that the attacks may have been touched off by the arrest four days before of fugitive Paris attack (Nov. 2015) suspect Salah Abdeslam. There is no official news about this possibility. 

On Tuesday, March 15, Belgian police arrived at an apartment at 60 rue du Dries in the Forest district of Brussels on what they believed was a routine search. But when the small police team encountered heavy gunfire, they called in enforcements, including specialized teams and French police officials cooperating on the Paris attacks case, and proceeded to kill one man. He was later identified as Mohamed Belkaïd, a 35-year-old Algerian living illegally in Belgium. Two other men are believed to have escaped via the roof. [Abdelslam, a 26-year-old Molenbeek, Brussels,] resident was arrested Friday, March 18, [at 79 Rue de Quatre-Vent] after a three-day police raid. Source

Street views of addresses...
 
Molenbeek addresses.kmz (1.05 KB)


 

Here are the placemarks I made yesterday as I was following the story on TV. (I often use GE to follow the news, but have pretty much not bothered to share anything here. Since you did, I'll add my placemarks on the murder sites.)

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Washi, you just made me grin, because I knew you would add these. Thanks very much! My post is kind of disjointed.