BRUSSELS BOMBING: Zimbabweans Left Stranded| BREAKING NEWS
22 March 2016
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Zimbabweans were left stranded in Brussels today Tuesday when unnamed terrorists bombed several buildings leaving over a hundred people injured and scores others dead.
At the time of writing the death toll had risen to 34 at Brussels international airport and a city metro station.
ZimEye.com is informed one Zimbabwean has been affected although their condition was not clear at the time of writing, and full names were yet to be released.
Five Zimbabwean families revealed to ZimEye.com they were safe however confined to their homes. “We can’t go anywhere. The trains and bus services have been stopped, and so we don’t know how long this is going to take,” one woman (name withheld) told ZimEye.
 
“…We communicated with (Zim) embassy staff, they are all safe,” Mr. Milton Chiturike told ZimEye.
 
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How it all occurred. – BBC Update.

Twin blasts hit Zaventem airport at about 07:00 GMT, killing 11 people.
Another explosion struck Maelbeek metro station near the EU’s headquarters an hour later, leaving a further 20 people dead.
The Islamic State (IS) group said it was behind the attacks in a statement issued on the IS-linked Amaq agency.
The bombings come four days after Salah Abdeslam, the main fugitive in the Paris attacks, was seized in Brussels.
Belgium has raised its terrorism alert to its highest level. Three days of national mourning have been declared.
Prime Minister Charles Michel called the latest attacks “blind, violent and cowardly”, adding: “This is a day of tragedy, a black day… I would like to call on everyone to show calmness and solidarity”.
European Council President Donald Tusk said: “These attacks mark another low by the terrorists in the service of hatred and violence.”
Meanwhile US President Barack Obama called the blasts “outrageous attacks against innocent people”.
The airport and the entire public transport system in Brussels are closed, although some train stations are due to reopen shortly.