Explosions have gone off at Zaventem airport in Brussels this morning and at the city’s metro station at Maelbeek, with several people feared dead.
At least one person has been reported dead, though Belgian broadcaster VRT has put the number killed at 13 so far with a further 35 people injured.
Though the source of the blasts remains unclear, Belgium has raised its terror threat to the highest level. The attack comes just days after the arrest of Salah Abdeslam, the main suspect in the Paris attacks who had been on the run since November.
Sandra Eyschen, a spokesperson for the Belgian federal police told the New York Times, “For the moment, what we know is that there was at least one, possibly two explosions, we are still investigating”. “There are several injured, we don’t have any exact numbers, and unfortunately it appears there are some dead, at least one person,” she added.
British Prime Minister David Cameron said that he was “shocked and concerned” by the explosions and that the UK would “do everything we can to help”. He also tweeted that he would be chairing a COBRA meeting, the British government's emergency committee, this morning.
See live coverage from the BBC here and The Guardian here.
At least one person has been reported dead, though Belgian broadcaster VRT has put the number killed at 13 so far with a further 35 people injured.
Though the source of the blasts remains unclear, Belgium has raised its terror threat to the highest level. The attack comes just days after the arrest of Salah Abdeslam, the main suspect in the Paris attacks who had been on the run since November.
Sandra Eyschen, a spokesperson for the Belgian federal police told the New York Times, “For the moment, what we know is that there was at least one, possibly two explosions, we are still investigating”. “There are several injured, we don’t have any exact numbers, and unfortunately it appears there are some dead, at least one person,” she added.
British Prime Minister David Cameron said that he was “shocked and concerned” by the explosions and that the UK would “do everything we can to help”. He also tweeted that he would be chairing a COBRA meeting, the British government's emergency committee, this morning.
See live coverage from the BBC here and The Guardian here.