US EditionBelgium commemorates Brussels attacks 10 years on
The attacks killed 32 and wounded over 300, prompting increased intelligence sharing and a rise in state security staff from 600 to 950, officials said.
- Sunday marks Belgium's 10th anniversary of the November 13, 2015 attacks, with a national tribute attended by survivors including Christelle Giovannetti.
- On Tuesday, three suicide bombers detonated at Zaventem airport and a metro station after retreating to Brussels safe houses, linked to the Paris attack cell.
- Authorities report the state security service increased from 600 to 950 staff, and Gert Vercauteren noted that 'we have learnt the right lessons'.
- Victims' groups say some cannot have injuries recognised for compensation, and 14 victims were asked to repay payments, with Defence Minister Theo Francken admitting a mistake.
- With the threat level at three, commemorations come as recent incidents include a synagogue blast in Liège and attacks in the Netherlands, amid concerns over the war in the Middle East.
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Belgium commemorated on Sunday the ten years of the jihadist attacks of March 2016 in Brussels, a trauma still palpable in the country, whose authorities claim to have learned the lessons by strengthening intelligence and the fight against terrorism.
On 22 March 2016, suicide bombers of the "Islamic State" carried out several attacks in Brussels. 32 people were killed, 340 were injured. Many people still struggle with the consequences years later.
Belgium recalled the victims of the terrorist attacks of ten years ago.
Ten years ago to the day, on 22 March 2016, the attacks in Brussels took place, a few months after the attacks in Paris, carried out by the same terrorist cell and claimed by the Islamic State organization. The official commemoration ceremonies took place this Sunday in Brussels. On the two sites hit by the attacks first: at the Brussels airport and then at the Maelbeek metro station, before a final ceremony around the monument dedicated to the …
"Our security officials have a duty to learn from the past," said Prime Minister Bart De Wever. "The terrorist threat is maintained at level 3 out of 4 in the country and has been considered "serious" since an attack in Brussels in October 2023.
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