Members phkrause Posted December 6, 2022 Members Posted December 6, 2022 Survivors of Brussels suicide attacks seek closure at trial BRUSSELS (AP) — Jaana Mettala was six months pregnant and on her way to work when the bomb exploded in the heart of Brussels’ European Union quarter. She suffered severe burns, but Mettala and her baby survived — 32 other people did not. https://apnews.com/article/islamic-state-group-bombings-belgium-europe-european-union-6c6ae198165efab38805826ac6aa8c98? Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60
Members phkrause Posted December 6, 2022 Author Members Posted December 6, 2022 Trial of 10 accused over Brussels suicide attacks underway BRUSSELS (AP) — More than six years after the deadliest peacetime attack on Belgian soil, the trial of 10 men accused over the suicide bombings at Brussels airport and a subway station started in earnest under high security on Monday. https://apnews.com/article/islamic-state-group-france-paris-bombings-belgium-9da108a907b5227c727f950161e8a944 Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60
Members phkrause Posted October 17, 2023 Author Members Posted October 17, 2023 Police shoot dead suspected extremist accused of killing 2 Swedish soccer fans on a Brussels street A suspect in a shooting rampage that killed two Swedish nationals in Brussels overnight has been shot dead by police and the weapon believed to have been used by the man has been recovered, Belgian Interior Minister Annelies Verlinden said Tuesday. Read more. Why this matters: Authorities had been searching for a 45-year-old suspected Tunisian extremist who was known to police and was living in Belgium illegally. Security has been beefed up in the capital and a terror alert for Brussels was raised overnight to 4, indicating an extremely serious threat. Belgian prosecutors said that nothing suggested the attack was linked to the latest war between Israel and Hamas. Related coverage ➤ French authorities link a school stabbing that killed a teacher to Islamic extremism Sweden raises its terror threat level to high for fear of attacks following recent Quran burnings Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60
Members phkrause Posted December 3, 2024 Author Members Posted December 3, 2024 Belgian court rules against state in a landmark case addressing its colonial past BRUSSELS (AP) — A Brussels appeals court ruled on Monday that the Belgian state committed a crime against humanity in the case of five mixed-race women who were taken away from their Black mothers in infancy in a landmark case addressing the nation’s colonial past in Africa. https://apnews.com/article/belgium-congo-colonialism-mothers-4e0874db13b2cc76aebd53217bcf37c6? Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60
Members phkrause Posted January 16 Author Members Posted January 16 Belgium’s pastoral pastime of pigeon racing faces high anxiety over crime wave RANST, Belgium (AP) — Belgium’s once pastoral pastime of pigeon racing has come to this: Drones swoop over lofts where valuable birds are housed to look for security weaknesses, laser sensors set off alarms at night and cameras linked live to mobile apps keep potential thieves at bay — 24/7. https://apnews.com/article/pigeon-racing-breeding-theft-belgium-fraud-4313323916aae9aa85b0e240851726ba? Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60
Members phkrause Posted February 4 Author Members Posted February 4 Belgium has a new prime minister, one who long tried to gut the nation and seek regional autonomy BRUSSELS (AP) — Belgium has a new prime minister whose political purpose was long to break up the nation, gut the state structures and give ever more autonomy to his northern Flanders at the cost of everyone else. https://apnews.com/article/belgium-government-nationalism-eu-de-wever-56f491df936173918dfe488b461f5b16? Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60
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