2016 Brussels bombings

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Islamist terrorist incident suicide bombing terrorist attack

The 2016 Brussels bombings were coordinated terrorist attacks in Belgium that targeted the airport and a metro station, killing dozens and injuring hundreds, and significantly impacting European security policies.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
2016 Brussels bombings canonical	2
Brussels attacks of 22 March 2016	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Islamist terrorist incident ⓘ suicide bombing ⓘ terrorist attack ⓘ
airportTerminal	departure hall ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	2016 Brussels bombings ⓘ surface form: Brussels attacks of 22 March 2016
attackType	coordinated attacks ⓘ suicide bombing ⓘ
city	Brussels, Belgium ⓘ surface form: Brussels
claimedBy	Islamic State of Iraq and Syria ⓘ surface form: Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
country	Belgium ⓘ
date	2016-03-22 ⓘ
fatalities	32 ⓘ
fatalitiesExcludingPerpetrators	32 ⓘ
impact	intensified counter-terrorism operations in Belgium ⓘ significant impact on European security policies ⓘ
injuries	300+ ⓘ over 300 ⓘ
investigatedBy	Belgian federal police ⓘ Belgian federal prosecutor’s office ⓘ
ledTo	heightened security measures in Belgium ⓘ increased security at European airports ⓘ shutdown of Brussels Metro system ⓘ temporary closure of Brussels Airport ⓘ
legalOutcome	trials of suspects in Belgium ⓘ
location	Brussels Airport ⓘ European Quarter of Brussels ⓘ Maelbeek metro station ⓘ Zaventem ⓘ
metroLine	Line 1 ⓘ
metroStation	Maelbeek metro station ⓘ surface form: Maelbeek
motive	Islamist extremism ⓘ retaliation for Belgian participation in anti-ISIL coalition ⓘ
numberOfAttacks	3 ⓘ
numberOfNationalitiesAmongVictims	40+ ⓘ
partOf	Global War on Terrorism ⓘ surface form: global war on terror terrorism in Europe ⓘ
perpetrator	Islamic State of Iraq and Syria ⓘ surface form: ISIL Islamic State of Iraq and Syria ⓘ surface form: Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
perpetratorFatalities	3 ⓘ
relatedTo	November 2015 Paris attacks ⓘ
securityAlertLevelInBelgium	raised to highest level ⓘ
suspectedCell	same network as Paris attackers ⓘ
target	Brussels Airport ⓘ surface form: Brussels Airport departure hall Brussels Metro ⓘ civilians ⓘ transport infrastructure ⓘ
timeOfFirstExplosion	07:58 CET ⓘ
timeOfSecondExplosion	07:58 CET ⓘ
timeOfThirdExplosion	09:11 CET ⓘ
victimsNationalities	multiple countries ⓘ
year	2016 ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Brussels Airport → hasSecurityIncident → 2016 Brussels bombings ⓘ

Maelbeek metro station → event → 2016 Brussels bombings ⓘ

2016 Brussels bombings → alsoKnownAs → 2016 Brussels bombings ⓘ

this entity surface form: Brussels attacks of 22 March 2016