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Paris Suspect 'Didn't Know' of Brussels Plot

4th, 5th attackers may still be on the run

(Newser) - Salah Abdeslam, the Paris terror suspect whose arrest in Brussels may have triggered Tuesday's carnage , is claiming he knew nothing about the Belgium plot. Outside a Brussels court hearing surrounded by extremely heavy security Thursday, Abdeslam's lawyer said his client had changed his mind about fighting extradition and...

Families Say 4 Americans Are Missing From Brussels Airport

A married couple who moved there in 2014 and siblings from New York

(Newser) - Four Americans believed to have been at the Brussels airport on Tuesday remain missing more than 24 hours after the deadly terrorist attack there, according to their families. Married couple Justin and Stephanie Shults, from Tennessee and Kentucky, respectively, moved to Brussels for work in 2014, the AP reports. According...

What's Behind the Phenomenon of Brother Terrorists?

Genetics, upbringing likely play a role

(Newser) - Two of the suicide bombers in the Brussels attacks were brothers , which leads Discovery to ask: Why is it relatively common for sets of brothers to become terrorists? The Tsarnaev brothers in the Boston Marathon bombing and the Kouachi brothers in the Charlie Hebdo attack are two recent examples, but...

Investigators Find Anxious Note of Brussels Bomber

'I don't know what to do'

(Newser) - One of the two brothers who detonated a suicide bomb in Brussels on Monday was clearly worried about getting caught just prior to the attacks. Authorities revealed a note written by Ibrahim El Bakraoui, 29, that reads: "Being in a hurry, I don't know what to do, being...

Brothers IDed as Bombers; 3rd Suspect at Large

And possibly a fourth as Brussels investigation continues

(Newser) - Two of the suicide bombers in Monday's Brussels attacks have been identified as brothers, while a third key suspect has been named but remains at large. Belgian state broadcaster RTBF identified the brothers as Khalid and Brahim El Bakraoui, and said they are believed to have blown themselves up,...

Iconic Brussels Photo Taken Between Screams for Help

Journalist says she was still in shock

(Newser) - The journalist who took an iconic photo of an injured victim amid Tuesday's explosions in the Brussels airport says she was screaming for help at the time. Georgian journalist Ketevan Kardava tells USA Today she was just feet away from the first blast. "Everyone was covered in blood....

Twin Girls, 3, Survived Airport Blast. Their Mom Didn't

Adelma Tapia Ruiz is one of the first Brussels victims to be named

(Newser) - No Brussels victim's story will be anything less than a tragedy, as the first publicly confirmed casualty—Adelma Tapia Ruiz—demonstrates. A native of Peru, the 36-year-old had called Brussels home for the past nine years and was headed to New York to visit family when the bombs detonated...

Brussels Was US Teen's 3rd Terrorist Attack

Mason Wells, 19, suffered shrapnel wounds and burns

(Newser) - Mason Wells, at only 19 years old, has already survived enough terrorist attacks for a lifetime. "This is his third terrorist attack," his father, Chad Wells, tells ABC News . "We live in a dangerous world and not everyone is kind and loving." Mason was one of...

Brussels Death Toll Hits 34 as ISIS Warns of 'Dark Days'

'What is coming is worse and more bitter'

(Newser) - A Belgian security official says the death toll has risen to 34 in Tuesday's attacks on the Brussels airport and a subway station, the AP reports. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because precise numbers were expected to be announced early Wednesday. Meanwhile, ISIS has issued an updated...

Brussels Police Are Seeking This Man

He was pictured in a surveillance photo alongside 2 probable suicide bombers

(Newser) - Federal police in Belgium have issued a wanted notice for a suspect in the Brussels airport bombing that they are still trying to identify, the AP reports. A man wearing a thick light-colored jacket with a black hat and glasses is suspected of committing an attack at Zaventem airport on...

Quite Simply, Why Brussels?
 Quite Simply, Why Brussels? 
OPINION
Mar 22, 2016 12:48 PM CDT

Quite Simply, Why Brussels?

Looking at the factors that brought us to Tuesday's attacks

(Newser) - They are the two words headlining article after article: "Why Brussels?" The question isn't isolated to Tuesday's attacks , but a more overarching one reflective of Belgium's emergence as a European terror hub, though at the Independent , John Lichfield writes that until Tuesday, the country has been...

Utah Missionaries, US Air Force Family Injured in Brussels

Details are developing

(Newser) - Among those hurt in the terrorist attacks in Brussels on Tuesday: three Mormon missionaries from Utah and an Air Force officer and his family. Richard Norby, 66, Joseph Empey, 20, and Mason Wells, 19, were injured in the explosion at Brussels airport, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints...

ISIS: We Attacked Brussels
ISIS: We Attacked Brussels
Mar 22, 2016 11:04 AM CDT

ISIS: We Attacked Brussels

'Islamic State fighters carried out a series of bombings with explosive belts'

(Newser) - ISIS on Tuesday claimed credit for the Belgium attacks by way of its Amaq News Agency. Rita Katz, director of SITE Intelligence Group, tweeted a statement from the agency that reads in part, "Islamic State fighters carried out a series of bombings with explosive belts and devices ... in the...

What We Know About the Brussels Attacks
 What We Know About 
 the Brussels Attacks 
the rundown
Mar 22, 2016 9:43 AM CDT

What We Know About the Brussels Attacks

'We are at war,' says France's PM

(Newser) - The death toll has crept above 30 following Tuesday morning's attack on Brussels' Zaventem international airport and a metro station in the center of the city. What we know so far:
  • CBS News tweets that two Americans were injured; a State Department employee has not been accounted for.
  • One
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Terror Attacks Rock Brussels Airport, Subway

At least 31 dead as city locked down

(Newser) - Brussels has been locked down after what authorities fear were multiple terrorist attacks on the city's subway system and main airport. Transportation has been shut down and citizens have been urged to stay at home. According to Belgian media , at least 31 people have been killed and dozens more...

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