Belgium is today in lockdown after at least 34 people were killed in suspected suicide attacks on Brussels Airport and the city’s metro system. Many more have been injured and the number of people who have died is likely to change following the attack, believed to be the work of Isis.It is believed 20 people were killed on the metro and 14 died at Zaventem Airport. All flights were cancelled, the metro system has been closed down and the French/Belgium border has been closed by officials. Telephone networks have also been struggling to cope with the volume of calls. People are being advised to contact one another via social media. The bombs in the airport are believed to have been close to the American Airlines departure desk. The metro system was attacked at Maalbeek train station, close to EU parliament building. A police station has also been evacuated and there are reports that their have been more deaths there. Small blasts also took place close to a central Brussels metro station that has been sealed off by police, believed to be the work of the police bomb squad. There are reports that before the explosions there were shots fired and someone was shouting in Arabic. - See more at: http://www.kantipur-video.com/videos/bomb-attack-in-brussels-airport-22-march-2016/#sthash.EQ8bNdaf.dpuf
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