- ISIS claims responsibility for three blasts which ripped through the Zaventem airport and Maelbeek Metro station in Brussels, Belgium.
- 34 people have been killed in the blasts.
- European Monuments Lit with Belgian National Colours
- Police have issued a warrant against suspect seen at the airport.
- British PM David Cameron and French President Francois Hollande call for an emergency meeting.
- Public transportation system in Brussels is suspended.
- Explosion at Brussels airport result of a suicide attack.
- ISIS supporters praise blasts on social media.
- PM Modi will be in Brussels and will meet his Belgian counterpart Charles Michel on 30 March.
- Slovenian diplomat injured in Brussels blasts – Slovenian Foreign Minister.
Belgian Interior Minister Hints at Intelligence Underestimating the Threat
Belgium’s interior minister said that the authorities knew that some kind of extremist act was being prepared in Europe but that they were surprised by the scale of the attacks in Brussels.
It was always possible that more attacks could happen but we could have never imagined something of this scale.Jan Jambon, Interior Minister, Belgium
European Monuments Lit with Belgian National Colours
Some of Europe’s best-known monuments have been illuminated with Belgium’s national colours in a show of solidarity after the attacks in Brussels.
At nightfall Tuesday, the Eiffel Tower in Paris lit up in the black, yellow and red colors of the Belgian flag.
Berlin’s landmark Brandenburg Gate was also lit up in Belgian colors. A few blocks away, some people laid flowers and lit candles outside the Belgian Embassy.
In Italy, Rome’s Trevi Fountain joined in the show of Belgium’s national colors.
US Presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton, in CNN interview, said that to do anything that implies the US is at war with an entire religion is “not only wrong but dangerous”.
Police Warrant Against Airport Suspect
Brussels police issue wanted notice for the terror suspect for bombing Zaventem airport in the city.
Calling for information they issued a photograph of a man, dressed in white and wearing a hat, pushing a luggage trolley.
The Zaventem airport in Brussels will be closed on Wednesday, the airport CEO has said, after the series of attacks in Brussels.