22 March, 2016

Multiple Blasts Exploded In Brussels Killing 28 People



Brussels was rocked with multiple blasts killing nearly 28 and injuring over 85 people. The two bombs were exploded in the city’s busy Zaventem airport at 8 am local time, later after an hour a third bomb at subway station in the suburb of Maalbeek was exploded. Soon after this, the security agencies have shut all the public transportation as a precautionary measure and deployed its police force across the country.

In view of these developments in Belgium, India has stepped up security at all its airports. In spite of these incidents, the government of India confirmed that the scheduled visit of PM Narendra Modi to Brussels for 13th India-EU summit on March 30 will go on

Sushma Swaraj, External Minister, tweeted that a female employee of Jet Airways was injured in the blast and she was rushed to hospital. She also informed that so far there no reports of any Indian casualty.

Emergency numbers of Indian Embassy in Belgium:
+32-26409140
+32-26451850 (PABX)
+32-476748575 (Mobile)

The PM in his tweet has expressed his condolences

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