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ลำดับตอนที่ #75 : Brussels explosions: Many dead in airport and metro terror attacks
Two
blasts hit Zaventem
airport at about 07:00 GMT, and another struck Maelbeek metro station an hour
later.
The government has
not confirmed casualty
numbers. Brussels transport officials say 15 died at Maelbeek and media say up
to 13 died at the airport.
Belgium
has now raised its terror threat to its highest level.
The
attacks come four days after Salah Abdeslam, the main fugitive in the Paris attacks, was seized in Brussels.
Prime
Minister Charles Michel called the Brussels attacks "blind, violent and
cowardly", saying they were a "tragic moment in our country's
history. I would like to call on everyone to show calmness and solidarity".
European Union
president Donald Tusk said: "These attacks mark another low by the
terrorists in the service of hatred and violence."
The airport and whole
transport system in Brussels are closed.
'Blood everywhere'
Two blasts tore
through the departures area of Zaventem airport shortly after 08:00 local time
(07:00 GMT).
The Belgian prosecutor said
"probably a suicide bomber" was involved.
The Belga news agency
reports that shots were fired and shouts in Arabic were heard before the two
explosions.
Zach Mouzoun,
arriving on a flight from Geneva, told France's BFM television: "It was atrocious. The ceilings
collapsed. There was blood everywhere, injured people, bags everywhere. We were
walking in the debris.
It was a war scene."
All
flights have been diverted.
Eurostar has cancelled all trains to and from Brussels. The Thalys
France-Benelux train operator says the entire network is closed.
Security has been
stepped up at Gatwick and Heathrow airports and the UK Foreign Office has
advised British nationals to avoid crowded areas in Belgium. UK PM David Cameron is chairing
a meeting of the Cobra response committee on Tuesday.
France
has stepped up security. President Francois Hollande has held a cabinet meeting
to discuss the Belgian explosions.
He
said: "The terrorists have struck Belgium but it is Europe that was
targeted. And it is the whole world that is concerned with this."
There
is also extra security at Dutch airports.
The metro blast
occurred shortly after 08:00 GMT during the rush hour at Maelbeek station, with
TV images showing smoke billowing
from the entrance.
Alexandre
Brans told AP: "The metro was leaving Maelbeek station when there was a
really loud explosion. It was panic everywhere. There were a lot of people in
the metro."
Fire
brigade spokesman
Pierre Meys told AFP: "Most of the wounded have been evacuated. The scene is
rather chaotic.
The station is close
to EU institutions. The European Commission, the EU's executive arm, has told
employees to stay indoors or at home. All meetings at EU institutions have been
cancelled.
Ryan
McGhee, a catering worker at a college in Brussels, told the BBC: "The
entire city is in lockdown. People are calm at the moment but the atmosphere is
tense."
Belgium's Interior
Minister Jan Jambon had said on Monday that the country was on the highest
level of alert for possible revenge attacks after the capture of Salah
Abdeslam.
He
told Belgian radio: "We know that stopping one cell can... push others
into action. We are aware of it in this case."
Zaventem
airport is 11km (7 miles) north-east of Brussels and dealt with more than 23
million passengers last year.
blasts (v.)
to explode or destroy something or
someone with explosives,
or to break through or hit something with
a similar,
very strong force:
casualty (n.)
a person injured or killed in a serious accident or war:
fugitive (n.)
a person who is running away or hiding from the police or a dangerous situation:
(Adj.)
(especially of thoughts or feelings)
lasting for only a short time:
seized (v.)
to take
something quickly and keep or hold it:I
If the police or other officials seize
something, they take possession of it with legal authority:
Solidarity (n.)
agreement between and support for the members of a group, especially a political group:
prosecutor (n.)
a legal official who accuses someone of committing a crime, especially in a law court
atrocious
(adj.)
debris (n.)
broken or torn pieces of something larger:
diverted (V.)
to cause something or someone to change direction:
billowing (v.)
to spread over a large area, or (especially of things made of cloth) to become filled with air and appear to be larger:
brigade (n.)
a large group of soldiers in an army
informal a group of people who have
something in common,
especially an enthusiasm for a particular belief or subject:
evacuated (v.)
to move people from a dangerous place to somewhere safe:
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