Place: Schaerbeek

Brussels attacks: Nine held in Belgium and Germany

Belgian police have arrested seven people and German authorities arrested two in separate investigations into IS suicide bombings in Brussels, while authorities in France said they thwarted a militant plot there “that was at an advanced stage”.

Sat, 26 Mar, 2016

Belgium claims no warning on bomber

Belgium says it had no advance knowledge of the deportation from Turkey last summer of Ibrahim El Bakraoui, one of the suicide bombers who struck Brussels this week, as the Netherlands said it had no reason to take action when the man landed there in July.

Sat, 26 Mar, 2016

Brussels attacks: Arrested man in ‘advanced stages’ of attack in France

A Frenchman has been arrested in the “advanced stages” of a plot to attack the country.

Fri, 25 Mar, 2016

Brussels attacks: Bomber was a ‘model student’

Brussels suicide bomber Najim Laachraoui, a veteran Islamist fighter in Syria also suspected of making explosive belts for November’s Paris attacks, was a model student in a Brussels Catholic high school, the school’s director has revealed.

Fri, 25 Mar, 2016

Brussels: What we know about the attacks

Here is what we know so far about the terror attacks at the airport and a metro station in Brussels.

Fri, 25 Mar, 2016

Assimilation will mean concessions - A changing Europe

EVERY terror attack by Islamic extremists provokes anger and the incomprehension religious fanaticism generates in a largely pluralist, liberal, and increasingly irreligious Western world.

Fri, 25 Mar, 2016

Belgium remains on alert amid raids on properties

One of the suicide bombers behind Tuesday’s terror attack left a note on a computer claiming he was being “hunted everywhere”.

Thu, 24 Mar, 2016

Brussels attacks: Europe’s ‘most wanted man’ dies in bombing

The suspected bomb maker in the Paris attacks in November was one of two suicide bombers who targeted the Brussels airport, officials said last night.

Thu, 24 Mar, 2016

Belgian police find fingerprints of Paris attacks fugitive in apartment

A Belgian prosecutor says the fingerprints of Paris attacks fugitive Salah Abdeslam have been found in a Brussels apartment that police raided earlier this week.

Fri, 18 Mar, 2016

Bombs used during Paris attacks ‘made in Brussels apartment’

A Brussels apartment was probably used to make bombs for the Paris attacks and one of the plotters hid out there after escaping a police dragnet, Belgian prosecutors have said.

Sat, 09 Jan, 2016

TERROR ATTACKS: Brussels at standstill hoping the danger will pass

The streets around Gare de Midi are thronged with people on Sunday mornings buying vegetables, fruit, clothing. It’s known for big quantities and low prices.

Mon, 23 Nov, 2015

TERROR ATTACKS: Brussels lockdown continues as police hunt for two terrorists

Shopping centres and public transport were the most likely targets of terrorists planning attacks on Brussels, Belgium’s prime minister Charles Michel said as he announced the city’s lockdown would remain in force today.

Mon, 23 Nov, 2015