Bodies and the injured. Some in shock. Another calling with news that shes alive. Minutes after the first bomb, another explosion near an airport starbucks and hundreds are running for their lives. Others fled to the tarmac and safety. There was no safety inside with fire from the first explosion, Ceiling Tiles falling, Dozens Injured and at least 11 dead, and it wasnt over. Another bomber was about to strike in the very heart of brussels near the European Unions headquarters. Ten after 9 00 and deep underground a massacre in the brussels metro. A bomb has lust exploded. Dozens flee through the darkness. Its terrifyi. They left behind a ngled train car, at least 20 dead, horror on the morning commute. Many of those on the train and at the station here have been first attack at the airport on their phones when the bomb here went off. An american on the next train felt the impact. We felt a little gust of win. My ears popped, and we heard some thudding. Reporter isis claimed the attacks.
And shakespeare mystery. Did someone steal part of the bard right out of his grave . Nightly news begins right now. Announcer from nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening. Im Thomas Roberts in for leverett tonight. Nbc news has learned new details in a dramatic u. S. Special forces operation killing a senior isis leader in syria. The man in charge of the terror organizations finances, this as were uncovering major new details in the investigation of the brussels terror attacks including new arrests after a series of raids in the last 24 hours. We begin with nbc chief Foreign Correspondent richard engel. Reporter tonight weve learned at least two americans were among those killed in the carnage in brussels, and now the hunt is on across europe to stop the next attack with police raids, at least alone, nearly a dozen detained. Two more arrests in germany, including a suspect reportedly linked to the brussels attacks. Meanwhile in f
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The fight in iraq and syria after paris. What happens today in brussels if it does indeed turn out to be isis, and they that will be the case, this is a big victory to them. Its still not enough to atake us in the west so this a big win for them. Michael, you mention the size of the operation in europe and its bigger than you thought. Can you put some kind of parameters of what theyre dealing with there and what ultimately is the nightmare scenario there. So were talking about several thousand individuals who went from western europe to syria and iraq to fight for isis. A large number of them have come back. Theyre the threat that we face, right . And i think whats happened in western europe is theyve built this network and built individual cells, so theyre come partmented from each other and it makes it difficult to find one cell from additional cells. How many cells there are, we dont know. But given the number that travel from iraq to syria, i bet the number is large. Michael, what
The wod. Ive always said that we would do whatever was necessary, whwhatever it took too trackown emwazi. Today i want to thank the united states. Reporter the world first came to joe jihadi john a little over a year ago when he appeared wearing a black mask holding a knife and threatening the life of american journalist james foley. His voice was disguised but he could not hide his british accent. You have plotted against us and gone far out of your way to find reasons to interfere in our affairs. Reporter one after another, he presided over the murders of foley, american Steven Sotloff and pet kassig, plus two britons and then two japanese hostages. Earlier this year, his true identity was revealed to be mohamed emwazi, seen here wearing an american baseball cap, the son of kuwaiti parents who emigrated to the united kingdom. Even as a schoolboy in london, emwazi was spotted by teachers as having a violent streak. One teacher td the bbc at age 11 he was put in anger mamanagement ther