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Belgian Police Discover Undetonated Suicide Belt at Brussels Airport

© AFP 2023 / DIRK WAEM / BELGAMilitary police soldiers patrol the Brussels Airport on in Zaventem, eastern Brussels (File)
Military police soldiers patrol the Brussels Airport on in Zaventem, eastern Brussels (File) - Sputnik International
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Belgian police have discovered an udetonated suicide belt at the Brussels airport where two explosions occurred earlie, Belgian VTM TV channel reports.

​According to the local VTM broadcaster, police are also investigating a suspicions object at a university in the Belgian capital.

Moreover, bomb disposal techs blew up a suspicious vehicle in central Brussels, the newspaper l'Avenir reports.

"The vehicle was on Général Jacques Boulevard, near Free University of Brussels and police barracks," the report said.

Sauli Niinisto - Sputnik International
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A series of blasts hit the Belgian capital earlier in the day, including two explosions in the Brussels Zaventem airport that left 14 people killed and 81 injured. At least 20 people were reportedly killed in explosions at the metro stations in central Brussels, 73 were injured.

The blasts in Brussels come just days after Salah Abdeslam, the mastermind behind the November Paris Attacks, was arrested in Belgium.

Daesh terrorist group has claimed the responsibility for the attacks.

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