Brussels attacks Archives

French authorities ask Belgium to give in four suspects tied to Paris attacks

FORMER STAFFMay 19, 2016November 9, 2016

By FORMER STAFFMay 19, 2016November 9, 2016072

French authorities have asked their Belgian counterparts to transfer four suspects currently under investigation for the Paris attacks last November, a judicial source said on

World

UK police arrest five in terrorism inquiry involving France, Belgium (Update 2)

FORMER STAFFApril 15, 2016November 10, 2016

By FORMER STAFFApril 15, 2016November 10, 20162 27

British police have arrested five people on suspicion of preparing acts of terrorism as part of an investigation which a security source said was linked

World

Belgian transport minister quits over airport security (Update 3)

FORMER STAFFApril 15, 2016November 10, 2016

By FORMER STAFFApril 15, 2016November 10, 20163 10

Belgium’s transport minister resigned on Friday following opposition accusations she lied about an EU report that criticised security at Brussels Airport a year before last

World

Brussels metro bomb suspect ‘talking to police’

FORMER STAFFApril 14, 2016November 10, 2016

By FORMER STAFFApril 14, 2016November 10, 2016016

By Alastair Macdonald A Swedish man held in Belgium on suspicion of taking part in last month’s Islamic State attacks on Brussels is talking to

World

Belgium charges two, detains three over Brussels, Paris attacks (Updated)

FORMER STAFFApril 12, 2016November 10, 2016

By FORMER STAFFApril 12, 2016November 10, 201608

By Robert-Jan Bartunek Belgium has charged two more men with terrorist offences linked to last month’s bombings in Brussels and also searched a house related

World

Brussels bombers had planned new attack in France (Update 1)

FORMER STAFFApril 10, 2016November 10, 2016

By FORMER STAFFApril 10, 2016November 10, 2016019

The militant cell behind bombings in Brussels had been plotting to hit France again after carrying out the Paris attacks in November, but was forced

World

Paris attacks suspect Abrini arrested – Belgian media

FORMER STAFFApril 8, 2016November 10, 2016

By FORMER STAFFApril 8, 2016November 10, 20167 7

By Alastair Macdonald and Robert-Jan Bartunek Mohamed Abrini, wanted over November’s Islamic State attacks in Paris, has been arrested in Brussels, Belgium’s public broadcasters said

World

Belgium launches appeal to find ‘man in hat’ bombing suspect (Video)

Reuters News ServiceApril 7, 2016April 5, 2017

By Reuters News ServiceApril 7, 2016April 5, 201719

Belgian prosecutors appealed for help in finding a man suspected of leaving a bomb at Brussels Airport on March 22, saying they were eager to

World

Pressure grows on Dutch security minister over Brussels attacks

FORMER STAFFApril 7, 2016November 10, 2016

By FORMER STAFFApril 7, 2016November 10, 20162 8

By Anthony Deutsch The Dutch security minister battled to keep his job on Thursday as he faced criticism from across the political spectrum over his

World

Belgian PM hits back at foreign critics on security

FORMER STAFFApril 6, 2016November 10, 2016

By FORMER STAFFApril 6, 2016November 10, 201617

Two weeks after Islamic State suicide bombers killed 32 people in Brussels, Belgium’s prime minister acknowledged failures in security over the attacks but forcefully rejected

World

EU executive to present steps to tighten external border controls

FORMER STAFFApril 6, 2016November 10, 2016

By FORMER STAFFApril 6, 2016November 10, 201608

By Gabriela Baczynska The European Union’s executive will propose on Wednesday a raft of technical measures to strengthen its external borders as it seeks to

World

In ‘sign of hope’, bombed Brussels Airport to reopen Sunday

FORMER STAFFApril 2, 2016November 10, 2016

By FORMER STAFFApril 2, 2016November 10, 2016010

By Philip Blenkinsop Brussels Airport will partially reopen for passengers on Sunday, 12 days after suicide bombers destroyed its departure hall and killed 16 people.

World

Belgian charged with terrorism over foiled attack plot

FORMER STAFFApril 2, 2016November 10, 2016

By FORMER STAFFApril 2, 2016November 10, 2016015

A Belgian national named only as Y.A. was charged on Saturday with participating in the activities of a terrorist group in connection with a joint

World

Brussels airport to partially reopen on Friday evening (Video)

FORMER STAFFMarch 31, 2016November 10, 2016

By FORMER STAFFMarch 31, 2016November 10, 2016049

Brussels airport said it would partially reopen for passenger flights on Friday evening after its closure following the March 22 bomb attacks, the company running

World

Released Brussels suspect had alibi – lawyer

FORMER STAFFMarch 29, 2016November 10, 2016

By FORMER STAFFMarch 29, 2016November 10, 20164 9

The Brussels bombings suspect charged with terrorist murder, but then released on Monday, had a credible alibi and was definitely not the ‘man in the

Global terrorism

Belgium calls off Brussels “march against fear”

FORMER STAFFMarch 27, 2016November 10, 2016

By FORMER STAFFMarch 27, 2016November 10, 20167 12

By Barbara Lewis and Robin Emmott Belgian prosecutors have charged three men with terrorist offences over the Brussels bombings and Italian police have arrested an

Global terrorism

Italy arrests Algerian suspected of forging papers for Brussels attackers -reports

FORMER STAFFMarch 27, 2016November 10, 2016

By FORMER STAFFMarch 27, 2016November 10, 201618

Italian police have arrested an Algerian suspected of having produced false documents for Islamist militants connected to the recent deadly attacks in Brussels and Paris,

Opinion

Time Brussels faced facts

Hermes SolomonMarch 25, 2016November 3, 2016

By Hermes SolomonMarch 25, 2016November 3, 201692 19

By Hermes Solomon MEDIA coverage of the Brussels bombing mirrored exactly that of last November’s Paris massacre, the formula set after the Charlie Hebdo killings

Global terrorism

Brussels attackers were targeting nuclear plant, changed their minds – paper

FORMER STAFFMarch 24, 2016November 10, 2016

By FORMER STAFFMarch 24, 2016November 10, 201615 81

Suicide bombers who blew themselves up in Brussels were originally considering an attack on a nuclear site in Belgium, but arrests started last week may

Global terrorism

Belgian ministers offer to quit over security lapses (Update 3)

FORMER STAFFMarch 24, 2016November 10, 2016

By FORMER STAFFMarch 24, 2016November 10, 20164 11

By Alastair Macdonald, Foo Yun Chee and Ingrid Melander Belgium’s interior and justice ministers offered to resign on Thursday over the failure to track an