On belts of the bombers killing people around them. The Belgium Interior Ministry responded by raising its terrorism alert to its highest level. And its noted how belgium is a country participating in the International Coalition against the Islamic State, end quote, investigators are focusing on a possible connection about the deadly attacks that rocked paris last november. Now key suspect in those attacks is 26yearold Salah Abdeslam who was apprehended last week. He had been cooperating with investigators, but they also warned of new attacks targeting belgium. The country has been high alert since his arrest. And since todays attacks appear to bear out those fears. But all this highlights a bigger fear about belgium. The country is fast becoming the nexus for violence in europe carried out by the likes of isil and al qaeda. Investigators believe that the weapons used in the Charlie Hebdo attacks a year ago were smuggled from brussels. Months later a gunman in a failed train attack in
On belts of the bombers killing people around them. The Belgium Interior Ministry responded by raising its terrorism alert to its highest level. And its noted how belgium is a country participating in the International Coalition against the Islamic State, end quote, investigators are focusing on a possible connection about the deadly attacks that rocked paris last november. Now key suspect in those attacks is 26yearold Salah Abdeslam who was apprehended last week. He had been cooperating with investigators, but they also warned of new attacks targeting belgium. The country has been high alert since his arrest. And since todays attacks appear to bear out those fears. But all this highlights a bigger fear about belgium. The country is fast becoming the nexus for violence in europe carried out by the likes of isil and al qaeda. Investigators believe that the weapons used in the Charlie Hebdo attacks a year ago were smuggled from brussels. Months later a gunman in a failed train attack in
Responsibility. The group said detonators were on belts of the bombers killing people around them. The Belgium Interior Ministry responded by raising its terrorism alert to its highest level. And its noted how belgium is a country participating in the International Coalition against the Islamic State, end quote, investigators are focusing on a possible connection about the deadly attacks that rocked paris last november. Now key suspect in those attacks is 26yearold Salah Abdeslam who was apprehended last week. He had been cooperating with investigators, but they also warned of new attacks targeting belgium. The country has been high alert since his arrest. And since todays attacks appear to bear out those fears. But all this highlights a bigger fear about belgium. The country is fast becoming the nexus for violence in europe carried out by the likes of isil and al qaeda. Investigators believe that the weapons used in the Charlie Hebdo attacks a year ago were smuggled from brussels. Mon
(STREPY-BRACQUEGNIES, Belgium) A car slammed into about 100 people, killing six, on Sunday morning during a carnival in Strépy-Bracquegnies, Belgium, officia
Reinhard Krull/EyeEm/Getty Images(STREPY-BRACQUEGNIES, Belgium) A car slammed into about 100 people, killing six, on Sunday morning during a carnival in Strépy-Bracquegnies, Belgium, officials said. At least 37 people were wounded, including 10 with life-threatening injuries, according to Belgium's Interior Ministry. A car driving at a high speed hit a crowd at about 5 a.m. local time, an official said. Two people were found inside the vehicle and arrested for murder; both are from La Louvière, deputy prosecutor Damien Verheyen said at a news conference. No charges have been filed yet. Between 150 and 200 people were gathered for the annual folklore parade when the vehicle appeared, Jacques Gobert, mayor of the nearby town of La Louviere, told Reuters. One member of the carnival troupe described the scene as "horrible," telling Reuters that they "saw bodies flying everywhere." "It was supposed to be a celebration day, but it turned out to be a tragedy,