Policy
23 March 2016
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has called the attacks in Brussels and Istanbul a global fight against terrorism. “The whole world is struggling with the onslaught of terror, and we must work together to defeat him,” Netanyahu said. The Israeli people learn for years firsthand what such attacks meant. “I’ve Belgium any help offered in fighting terrorism.” Root of terror were not deprivation, frustration or occupation, but Hope said Netanyahu: “The hope that IS can establish an Islamic caliphate in Europe.”
+++ 19:44 stopper should originally on Easter Monday held +++
the attack on the airport and due metro in Brussels was supposed to take place on Easter Monday. The reports of the Belgian television channel “VTM” citing a supposedly secure, but unnamed source. So that the assassin would want to meet a Christian holiday. After the arrest Abdeslams but the attack was brought forward.
+++ confirmed 19:25 police death Laachraoui +++
Najim Laachraoui was as airport bomber identified. The reports the AFP news agency, citing police circles
+++ 18:54 Belgian media. Third bomber dead +++ The
for days looking for terror suspects Najim Laachraoui is dead to Belgian media reports. He was one of the suicide bombers who had blown up at Brussels airport on Tuesday in the air, the broadcaster RTBF reported.
+++ 18:49 airport Brussels remains closed Friday +++
Brussels airport remains closed on Fridays. The reports the news agency Belga
+++ 18:41 Belgian nuclear authority. For nuclear power plants is terror threat +++
After the attacks of Brussels is the opinion of the Belgian nuclear basically a terrorist threat to the domestic nuclear power plants. In Belgium currently applies the highest terror alert 4, so there is also an obvious danger of nuclear power plants, said a spokesman for the Nuclear Regulatory Authority AFCN. But there was no specific evidence that terrorists have nuclear power plants in their sights, Lodewijk van Ladel said. “But they are a terrorist from possible targets attacks.”
+++ 18:32 Erdogan called names ausgewiesenem terrorists +++
Turkish President Erdogan calls the name of the designated suspected terrorists to Belgium. Accordingly, it is to concern Ibrahim El Bakraoui. Ibrahim had blown up at Brussels airport. His will had been found in a trash can
+++ 18:07 “Haaretz”. Belgian intelligence had specific warnings +++
Belgian intelligence is after an Israeli newspaper report concrete warnings have received before the terrorist attacks in Brussels. Other Western intelligence agencies were in the picture, the newspaper wrote “Haaretz”. However, the Journal did not mention any specific sources for its information. The Belgian security authorities knew “with great certainty” that in the near future attacks apparently also planned in the metro at the airport and had reported the left-liberal newspaper in its online edition.
+ ++ 17:42 Erdogan: Brussels-bomber was expelled from Turkey +++
One of the assassins of Brussels has been expelled from Turkey according to the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan last year. The Belgian authorities had the man but released after the expulsion in July despite warnings of Turkey, Erdogan said Wednesday in Ankara.
+++ 17:40 BND Schindler demands more monitoring + ++
BND President Gerhard Schindler sets after the attacks of Brussels and Paris on a stronger monitoring suspects. The attacks many terrorists organized in networks and have known some of them to the authorities, the head of the Federal Intelligence Service (BND) said in Hamburg. “For the intelligence services, this means that we need even more infiltrate these networks with human resources.” WIN adds that the technical monitoring of communications of terrorists are “designed effectively”. Generally applies to him, “that intelligence services are needed more than ever because we need information well before the attacks in order to prevent it, rather than information after the attacks”.
+++ 17:19 Juncker: you already have proposals for greater security +++
After the terrorist attacks of Brussels EU Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker noted that concrete proposals for a more secure Europe for several months on the table are. “All the basic elements for a security union have been proposed by the Commission”, the Luxembourg said at a press conference with the French Prime Minister Manuel Valls. It is up to the Member States of the European Union to adopt this.
+++ 16:53 assassin stood on Interpol wanted list +++
One of the alleged terrorists from Brussels, Khalid el-Bakraoui, on the wanted list of Interpol – after it was sought worldwide , The accusation was suspicion of terrorism. His brother Ibrahim was not on the wanted list.
+++ 16:44 national team plays in black armbands against England +++
With a minute’s silence and players commemorate fans before the football match between the German national team against England on Saturday the victims of the terrorist attacks of Brussels. “The events are certainly terrible, will certainly set us thinking,” said Germany coach Joachim Loew. The world champion will play at Berlin’s Olympic Stadium with black armbands. “As a manager, it is important that we do the best to ensure security at the games. The important thing is the safety of people,” said team manager Oliver Bierhoff. The game in Berlin will be held under heightened security.
+++ 16:35 EU ministers gather for special meetings +++
come Following the attacks of Brussels EU interior and justice ministers on Thursday together at a special meeting. Ministers of the 28 Member States would come together in the afternoon in the Belgian capital, said the Dutch EU presidency.
+++ 16:23 Nine German injured, one person missing +++
The attacks are after information of the “Bild” newspaper violated nine German citizens been. A German missing accordingly. It should be a woman of Aachen, as “image”. Because in the terrorist attack in Brussels also German were injured, the Attorney General will determine. “We conduct a preliminary investigation an” said a spokeswoman for the Karlsruhe authority. The jurisdiction of the German supreme law enforcement authority is apparent whenever German under terror victims are.
+++ 16:11 Belgian nuclear power plants falter staff again +++
After the attacks in Brussels, the Belgian nuclear power plants at the Doel and Tihange have increased their staff again. It is again the usual workforce in use, the Belga news agency reported, citing the operating company. But Accordingly still apply enhanced security measures
+++ 15:48 Report:. Investigators found another corpse +++
At Brussels airport, investigators have a report from the Agency Belga discovered another body. Belga quoted a “reliable source”. Thus, the death toll of the attacks would rise to 32. ‘/ P>
+++ 15:35 Brussels Airport indefinitely closed +++
+++ 15:06 German railway prohibits photography and filming +++
After the terrorist attacks of Brussels media allowed on German stations make “until further notice” no pictures or videos , Private photos and videos are but allowed. A concrete reason for the restrictions called a spokeswoman not.
+++ 14:59 Belgian royal couple visited the airport +++
The Belgian royal couple visited the Brussels airport. Do you long talk on the spot with the emergency services. Previously, Philippe and Mathilde Been to thank to the emergency department of the Erasmus hospital to police for their work.
+++ 14:37 National team of Belgians is relocated to Portugal +++
the first canceled test match of the Belgian national football team will now but instead of next Tuesday. The Portuguese jump host one, the game will now be played in Leira.
+++ 14:32 Queen is “deeply shocked and saddened” +++
Queen Elizabeth II also expressed to the families of terror victims their condolences. She and her husband Prince Philip were “deeply shocked and saddened,” she said. The attacks marked the royal couple as a “horrific series of events”.
The Dutch monarch Willem-Alexander condemned the attacks as “cowardly and horrible”. “We must remain steadfast,” he said during a symbolic visit to a Hague neighborhood where many Muslims live.
+++ 14:20 Löw feels Paris reminds +++
football coach Joachim Loew reacts affected to the terrorist attacks in Brussels. “The events that have happened yesterday, are terrible and have us thinking,” said Loew before the match against England in Berlin. Of course He had come back into his head the images of Paris. He hoped that the European Championships in France is proceeding peacefully.
+++ 14:06 Among the injured are several German +++
are In the terrorist attacks in Brussels several German wounded. The Foreign Office also did not rule out more that German citizens were killed. At least one man with German citizenship suffered serious injuries.
+++ 13:36 These are the findings of the public prosecutor +++
Let us briefly:
- Ibrahim Al-Bakraoui is one of the suicide bombers from the airport. He is the man who can be seen on the mug shot in the middle. From him a will is found
- The man on the right side with the bright jacket and the hat was not named by the prosecutor. Reports that it is to concern Najim Laachraoui, he did not respond.
- The third man on the left is unknown, he said.
- Ibrahim Al-Bakraouis brother Khalid is the suicide bomber from the Metro.
- explosives and material have been found to build a nail bomb During searches.
- an explosive device, according to prosecutor’s largest, was not ignited at the airport. He was blown up controlled by the security forces.
+++ 13:27 terror suspects with hat fleetingly +++
The suspect, who on the is seen mugshot from the airport right with a hat, is still on the run. The prosecutor did not mention his name. He had a large travel bag case containing probably the biggest bomb. This would have blown up yesterday controlled bomb experts. And yet there have been no casualties.
+++ 13:23 police found 15 kilos of explosives in apartment +++
The prosecutor also reports of the raids in Brussels district Schaerbeek. Accordingly, a taxi driver brought the investigators to this track. In an apartment, the police 15 kilograms of explosives, a suitcase full of nails and other utensils made sure to build a bomb. Military investigators have not found accordingly. In further searched apartments they had also discovered nothing suspicious.
+++ 13:17 Also assassin in Metro is identifed +++
Van Leeuw also announces that the suicide bomber was identified in the subway. It was Ibrahim al-Bakraouis brother Khalid. He also puts the number of dead at 31, some 260 people were injured
+++ 13:14 Prosecutor:. Testament of Ibrahim al-Bakraoui found +++
the investigators found a will of terrorists Ibrahim al-Bakraoui. In it he expressed his despair at being advertised for investigation. He did not end up in a cell, he wrote. Ibrahim al-Bakraoui be the man in the middle of the mug shots from the airport, said prosecutor Frédéric Van Leeuw. The Testament was on a computer that was found in a garbage container in Schaerbeek.
+++ 13:08 Bulgaria leads complete border controls +++
Bulgaria making the EU’s external border tightly. After the attacks the country leads to stricter identity checks, which also apply to EU citizens. Also, all vehicles would be checked, reported the television channel bTV.
+++ 13:00 Quick special meeting of EU interior ministers +++
called The EU interior ministers to the Brussels attacks special session a a. The Minister would meet “within days” for talks, EU Migration Commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos said. Topic will be the security situation. He added that it was necessary that the exchange of information between countries will improve.
+++ 12:50 Some 1,500 transit passengers seated in Brussels +++
After the terrorist attacks at Brussels airport more than a thousand passengers spent the night in makeshift shelters. Some 1,500 transit passengers had come across, among other things in a sports hall in the village Haasrode and a gym in Zaventem near the airport, the Belga news agency reported, citing provincial governor Lodewijk De Witte. Hotels in the Belgian capital offered victims of the terrorist attacks free rooms.
+++ 12:41 Israeli Minister attacked Belgian authorities +++
The Israeli Intelligence Minister Israel Katz has sharply criticized after the terrorist attacks of Brussels setting the Belgians for militant Islam. “If they continue to eat in Belgium chocolate and enjoy life (…) and not clearly state that a part of the Muslims who live there, organize terrorist, then they can not fight,” he said on Israeli radio. “We are at the height of a war, an attack of radical Islam against Western culture, against the Western democracies, including Israel heard.” There were a “world war of another kind,” the minister said of the right-wing ruling party Likud.
+++ 12:23 International Match Belgium vs Portugal is canceled +++
After the terrorist attacks of Brussels, scheduled for next Tuesday football match between Belgium and Portugal will be canceled. The city of Brussels had asked for security reasons and as a precaution it, notify the Belgian federation.
+++ 12:19 Police Denies Reports Of Arrest +++
yet once the last prior to the alleged arrest of Najim Laachraoui: police denies towards Belgian media that the man was taken. The portal Politico that wanted to have received a confirmation from government, disengaged from its representation also from. Accordingly, the investigators Laachraoui were indeed on the track, but had not found it.
+++ 12:13 deaths and injuries are from about 40 nations +++
the terror of Brussels was not only Belgium, but the EU and the west in general also. The fact that the terrorists chose a metro station in the heart of the EU quarter as a target, shows this clearly. Also, a number symbolizing the international dimension: Belgian Foreign Minister Didier Reynders said the dead and injured were from about 40 countries
+++ 12:03 Brussels decide minute’s silence with applause +++.
also on the market square in the center of Brussels, many people have taken to the minute of silence. Following the minute of silence surged applause – a moving symbol of defiance and cohesion
+++ 12:00 minute’s silence +++
Throughout commemorate Belgium. people with a minute’s silence for the victims of Brussels. Then to all over the country, the church bells ring.
+++ 11:58 helpers get high visit +++
Premier Charles Michel, Minister of Health Maggie de Block and Belgian royal couple have met with doctors at the Erasmus hospital in Anderlecht, who were in action yesterday. De Block tweeted: “You saved yesterday life!”
+++ 11:49 feds confirms arrest +++
There clarify now the confusions about the arrest Laachraoui. A Government representative has now confirmed this over the portal Politico.
+++ 11:34 investigators give a press conference at 13 o’clock +++
The available information this morning is still somewhat unclear: is Najim Laachraoui arrested? Which of Bakraoui brothers was involved in what Anschlagsort? The prosecution wants to give their prior investigation today at 13 o’clock known.
+++ 11:28 Laachraoui probably not taken +++
Belgian journalists want from have experienced security circles that the arrest of Najim Laachraoui had not been made. Several media from Belgium had this previously reported.
+++ 11:17 Metro Station Maelbeek remain closed for weeks +++
The Metro Station Maelbeek will remain closed for weeks. That says the mayor of Brussels, Yvan Mayeur. The Brussels Transport Company Stib could not assess the extent of damage to the station on Wednesday. The spot investigations were still ongoing, the staff did not have access. Mayeur said the station Bel RTL from an “extremely violent explosion”
+++ 10:49 Report:. Laachraoui arrested in Anderlecht +++
“La Dernière Heure “reports Najim Laachraoui had been arrested. Accordingly, the access in the Brussels suburb of Anderlecht was made.
+++ 10:31 Justice examines participation of further Abdeslam-familiar +++
Maybe is the name of a other parties known to the attacks of Brussels. How HLN.be cites citing a Belgian journalist, checks Belgium Justice whether Mohamed Abrini is one of the culprits. So it might be the man in the hat, which can be seen in the surveillance photo, looking to the investigators after the attacks at the airport by a third offender. The 30-year-old had been filmed on November 11, two days before the attacks in Paris, at a gas station in Ressons. Abrini was at the wheel of a rented Renault Clio, which had been used in the attacks. Abrini is wanted by international arrest warrant.
+++ 10:16 Brussels endure strict security controls +++
A photo of the news portal HLN.be shows that people in Brussels strict security checks at the stations are subjected. In the lobbies, people jam:
+++ 10:05 Toulouse airport is reopened +++
In Toulouse, the situation has been clarified. The security check of a suspicious object is completed, informs the airport. The traffic will now be resumed.
+++ 10:01 German police controls continue to limit +++
German police further controls the border with Belgium and Luxembourg. An Interior Ministry spokesman said Rheinland-Pfalz, evening information from Belgium were expected. Then will be decided whether the controls be maintained. Rhineland-Palatinate borders, as well as North Rhine-Westphalia, on Belgium.
+++ 9:50 Heavily armed characterize the image in Brussels +++
in the morning, people set in Brussels continued public life. From normality but can of course be no question. The transport took with limitations to operate again. but everywhere patrolling soldiers and police. The airport remains closed. On the market square in the center gathered in the morning as many people already on Tuesday to commemorate the victims. Some lit candles. On the floor stood with chalk words like “solidarity”, “We are one” or “Love Brussels”. A banner stand in Flemish and French “We are Brussels”. Besides a Belgian flag “Uniting against hate” was to read. At noon there will be a minute’s silence.
+++ 09:43 Passengers wait outside the airport of Toulouse +++
While more and more about the perpetrators of Brussels is known, the position at Toulouse airport is still unclear. Front of the building waiting hundreds passengers. The evacuation was carried out because of a “safety inspection”, shared with local authorities and the police. The unspecified object was discovered inside the airport, the studies on this lasted, as the prefecture said. The main building of the airport was evacuated in the early morning first, then one of the terminal buildings was reopened.
+++ 9:31 We have known about the alleged third man +++
What is known about the alleged third man? According to “La Dernière Heure” Najim Laachraoui is 24 or 25 years old. It communicates to the attacks in Paris, some see him as one of the masterminds. His DNA was allegedly found on explosive that was used in the attacks between 13 November, 2015. He should have traveled to Syria in February 2013 and is apparently returned last year to Belgium. In early September 2015, it is has been controlled with the false identity Soufiane Kayal at the Austrian-Hungarian border. He was then was shot in the company of Mohamed Belkaid, a 35-year-old Algerian who last Friday in Forest. He had rented under the false name Soufiane Kayal a house in the south of Belgium. There the attacks had been prepared by Paris. On the evening of 13 November 2015, when occurred the Paris bombings, he is said to have been in contact by telephone with the terrorists in France. Condemns
+++ 9:18 Khalid al Bakraoui because Carjackings +++
Khalid al also Bakraoui is known to the police. He was loudly “La Dernière Heure” 2011 in court. Accordingly, it was because Carjackings, so the robbery of a car under threat of violence, condemned. He is said to have used a Kalashnikov. He was sentenced to five years without parole.
+++ 09:13 Ibrahim al Bakraoui apparently criminal +++
The “La Dernière Heure” further reported Ibrahim al Bakraoui was sentenced in October 2010 because he had fired a Kalashnikov at police. With an accomplice he allegedly robbed a stockbroker. Al Bakraoui should have waited in the getaway car. When the police wanted to stop the robbers shot al Bakraoui. He wounded one of the officials. The verdict should have time gelautet to nine years in prison.
+++ 09:08 One of the brothers probably still wanted for terrorist suspicion +++
There are new information about the two alleged assassins of Brussels. Contrary to initial information said to have been still wanted for terrorist suspicion, according to “La Dernière Heure” according to one of them. According to the other because of a still awaiting execution penalty. It should have been the two men who escaped last week after the shooting in Forest. In the apartment, which then raided the police there, and fingerprints of Salah Abdeslam were found
+++ 08:58 Health Minister. “Approximately 31 dead” +++
there are still conflicting reports about how many people have died in the attacks to death. Belgium Health Minister Maggie de Block gave the number with “about 31″ at. In addition, there were 260 injured. Previously was of 34 dead and 230 injured, the speech. The official figures were still apart because not all victims are identified, reported the news agency Belga. The 31 dead who called De Block in the morning on the radio, according to data of its employees are those people whose death was clearly established. “The figure may still rise,” the report said.
+++ 08:49 One of Al Bakraouis possibly bombers in Metro +++
Belgian media make different information about who to a place where perpetrated the Al Bakraouis attacks. According to RTBF they are said to have blown up at the airport. VRT reported on the other hand, one of the two had committed the attack in the metro station.
+++ 08:41 Third man should be Najim Laachraoui +++
According to a report the tabloid HLN According the name of the third’s could be known at the airport now. It could be to the Syrian returnees Najim Laachraoui. Even after it is searched for weeks for possible connections to the Paris attacks.
+++ 08:38 After al Bakraouis was gefahndet +++
yet some information about the brothers al Bakraoui: After they were gefahndet for some time because of possible links to the attacks in Paris. They should have been 27 and 30 years old.
+++ 08:26 CSU-man Mayer sees “parallel societies” in France and Brussels +++
The CSU domestic politician Stephan Mayer criticizes the cooperation of the EU countries in the prevention of terrorism. “It was after the terrible attacks of Paris very quickly appropriate stipulations between the interior ministers of the EU that one wants to give concerts even stronger,” he said n-tv. Against this background, it was “incomprehensible that so long been possible to hide in Brussels. This is potentially quite well in mind that parallel societies have formed, especially in France, but also in Brussels.”
+++ 8:17 Toulouse airport is evacuated +++
The airport in southern France Toulouse is cleared. A suspicious object led the security forces to step. There is accordingly a package or bag.
+++ 8:12 Khalid al Bakraoui to have lived in Forest +++
RTBF According lived under Khalid false identity in the Brussels suburb of Forest. In this community the police during the search of an apartment late last week found fingerprints of Paris bomber Salah Abdeslam.
+++ 8:09 brothers al Bakraoui are known to the police +++
the brothers al Bakraoui are police stations RTBF, according to the already known. However, they are not noticed for terrorist activities, but because of gang violence.
+++ 8:01 investigators identify two of the bombers +++
Obviously the identity of two assassins known from Brussels. The reports of the RTBF. Accordingly, it is the brothers Khalid and Ibrahim al Bakraoui.
+++ 07:43 Police is searching for a blue Audi +++
At the border crossing in Aachen the controls are still tightened. For investigators circles it is said that will wanted by a blue Audi S4. Generally, however, every fourth car is checked. Especially cars with male inmates are put under the microscope. Also in focus:. Cars with tinted windows and vans
+++ 07:35 MEPs calls transnational investigation teams +++
Jan Philipp Albrecht, Member of Greens in the European Parliament, stressed on ARD that the fight against terrorism must work together across borders. We need JITs. Good effective police work is not contrary to data protection, Albrecht.
+++ 07:25 rail rolling again, the airport remains closed +++
Rail traffic in Belgium is rolled back. Travelers should expect more stringent checks, said the railway company SNCB-NMBS. Only the Brussels-Schumann middle of the European Quarter, the station at the airport and several smaller Brussels railway stations remained closed. Larger restrictions are still in public transport in the EU capital. The Brussels subways do not operate according to the operating company STIB-MIVB only limited to a few lines. Among other things, the station Maelbeek, where an explosive device exploded in a metro train on Tuesday morning, not approached until further notice. Brussels airport is closed on Wednesday. Investigators examined further the cordoned the scene, said the operating company. Therefore you have the damage in the departure hall can not be sure. On Wednesday should be determined when the operations can be resumed.
+++ 07:13 De Maizière Calls better exchange of intelligence +++
Interior Minister Thomas de Maizière (CDU) calls for better cooperation between the European intelligence services. The data exchange must be optimized. It was considered useless when multiple sources in Europe sit on their information. The authorities would have to be linked. In addition, de Maizière hovering spatial summary to a common authority.
+++ 7:03 experts expect little effect on the Dax +++
expected for today experts no impact of the terrorist attacks on the Dax. While companies such as Lufthansa and Fraport should be slightly under pressure. Yesterday the terrorist attacks had left especially in the travel industry tracks. At the end of the day the Dax closed but with a gain of 0.42 percent at 9999.00 points.
+++ 06:45 Obama allocates mourning flagging to +++
Among the injured the terrorist attacks of Brussels several Americans are. President Barack Obama ordered from grief and sympathy with the victims and survivors mourning flagging at all government buildings the United States and on military bases, ships and embassies abroad to.
+++ 06:38 Belgians shall convene minute’s silence at +++
The Brussels regional government has called for noon today to a minute of silence.
+++ 6:27 Belgian media criticize “social problem” +++
the comments in the Belgian newspapers vary in the morning after the terrorist attacks between bewilderment and rallying. Here is a comment from “De Tijd”: “Security measures alone are not enough Mere gestures of power are themselves a very impotent weapon (…) young people who sympathize with the ‘Syria heroes’ who Abdeslam and other terrorists a Star.. attach status – this is a huge social problem we get terrorism only small when the whole community, Muslims included, flocking behind an approach with polarization not the way forward “
+… ++ 6:07 terror overshadows US primaries +++
terror in Brussels overshadowed the US primaries. Hillary Clinton turned on Tuesday evening (local time) in Seattle (Washington State) to their followers. “America does not expire in panic,” she said in the face of terrorist attacks in Brussels. “We are not building walls and we do not call our friends back on,” she said.
+++ 05:35 EU leaders Brok calls for better intelligence cooperation +++
the CDU MEP Elmar Brok calls for better cross-border intelligence cooperation. “There must be an end to the secrecy of national intelligence and security agencies in Europe at last,” says the chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the European Parliament the Dortmunder “Ruhr Nachrichten”. “The EU partners have finally better cooperate and Europol work more efficiently.” In the fight against drug-related crime in the EU will work perfectly across borders. This must be done even with counterterrorism. Only five EU members give according Broks continue their full intelligence to Europol. Germany not one of them
+++ 05:00 Police Union:. Alert for Europe +++
The chairman of the German police union, Rainer Wendt called, bills as an alarm signal for the whole of Europe. “We have to expect a long period of terror,” he says of the “Passauer Neue Presse”. The German security authorities were called. “London, Madrid, Paris, Brussels now. Even German Cities are not spared in the long run.” Wendt asks a higher pace with security measures. In Germany, the Federal Police will currently equipped with anti-terrorist units. These now belong also the improvement of equipment – such as better bulletproof vests and bulletproof helmets and armored vehicles. “That happens now very hectic, although the growing threat known for years,” says Wendt. “So far, federal police have yet to take a normal VW bus to the border control.”
+++ 4:36 Maas: Europe does not retreat +++
Federal Justice Minister Heiko Maas calls for firm opposition to terrorism. “Terror has struck in Brussels, but it hits all of us”, the SPD politician said. “So brutal were these attacks, so decided we will defend our freedom and our democracy. Europe does not retreat and standing together against terror.” Maas secures the Belgian authorities to comprehensive support in the investigation.
+++ 03:54 EU Special Meeting scheduled +++
shortly it should on the terrorist attacks give a special meeting of authorities responsible for internal security, EU ministers. As the Dutch EU Presidency has announced that it could be already organized this Thursday. Belgium has asked for a meeting, explained the responsible for security and justice Dutch Prime Ard van der Steur. A similar special meeting, there have been after the attacks of Paris last November.
+++ 03:15 Police Pick security zone in Schaerbeek +++ The Belgian
police quash the decorated for screening security zone in the Brussels commune of Schaerbeek. The residents can return to their homes, as the Belgian news agency Belga reported. They had been previously housed, among other things in a gym. Forensics work even after the lifting of the security zone in a building
+++ 02:40 Official:. To search tendered suspect bomb placed +++ The
of alerts on terrorist suspects has placed according to official figures at the airport of the Belgian capital a bomb. This is however not explode, says Belgium’s Interior Minister Jan Jambon the US channel CNN. The police had previously published a photo that three suspicious men shows that were recorded at the airport by a surveillance camera. Two of them blew themselves up as suicide bombers in the air. After the third man will continue gefahndet says Jambon.
+++ 02:13 US warns against travel to Europe +++
The US government warned its citizens from threats when traveling to Europe. “Terrorist groups continue to plan attacks in Europe”, according to a statement by the US State Department. Possible targets are sporting events, museums, restaurants, buses and trains. The US citizens are called for caution, especially in crowds in public places and in trains and buses. “Be aware of your surroundings and avoid crowds,” it says. The warning is initially valid until 20 June.
+++ 1:32 anti-terrorism operation in Schaerbeek continues +++
The counterterrorism Browse -Ermittler at night continue building in the municipality of Schaerbeek. In pictures on the location masked and heavily armed investigators are seen. The affected area is spaciously protected. From the raid affected residents who were unable to stay with friends or acquaintances, were placed in a kitchen equipped with beds Gymnasium, as the Belgian news agency Belga reported. One end of the police operation is not in sight.
+++ 12:56 taxi driver brought investigators to trace the assassin +++
A taxi driver has investigators on the trail brought a hiding place of the alleged bombers. The man had the suspects picked up his car from an apartment in the Brussels commune of Schaerbeek and driven to the airport, reports the broadcaster VRT. Here he had noticed that the passengers refused to be helping with the luggage. The prosecution had been previously reported by the search of the residence in Schaerbeek. There
+++ 12:28 Airport were a flag of IS, found an explosive device with nails and chemical substances. reopened in Denver +++
Evacuation the airport in Denver is canceled. The police had several suspicious pieces of luggage checked and found to be harmless, informed the airport. Previously part of the airport had been closed due to security concerns.
Of the events prior to 12:00 you can read here.
Source: n-tv.de
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