Reports of explosion in Brussels

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PatricianOfAnkhMorpork · 20/06/2017 20:50

Central station evacuated following reports of small explosion. Lone attcker shot dead. Grand Place also evacuated according to reports

Breaking news on BBC www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-40349654

Sorry I know it's not AIBU but this seemed the best place to put it right now.

I'm not sure I even have the words anymore

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uglyflowers · 20/06/2017 20:59

It's so scary. I do wonder if eventually Europe will become one mass civil war zone like Pakistan.

SailAwayWithMeHoney · 20/06/2017 21:03

My first thought was "not again". Seems so regular recently.

I hope no one has been seriously injured today

ForalltheSaints · 20/06/2017 21:06

I hope no-one was injured. I was there in April.

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PatricianOfAnkhMorpork · 20/06/2017 21:09

BBC have updated. No reports of injuries just a dead madman who was apparently wearing a bomb belt.

The ramping up of attacks worries me.

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ItsAMessyLife · 20/06/2017 21:11

I was there in April.

So?

Pariswhenitdrizzles · 20/06/2017 21:50

ItsaMessy I think Forall is suggesting that it feels close to home for them because they were in Brussels fairly recently.

A lot of the places that have been targeted (Paris, London, Manchester, Brussels, Berlin, Nice) are very popular holiday destinations or desirable places to live, and I'm sure that a lot of people have very fond memories of them.

I think a lot of people will be feeling upset because the areas targeted are so familiar to them.

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