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Around 20 dead, 106 injured in Brussels metro attack: mayor

Published: 22 Mar 2016 - 04:29 pm | Last Updated: 02 Nov 2021 - 06:31 am
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A picture provided by Twitter user @evanlamos shows passengers leaving a metro train between the Arts-Lois and Maelbeek metro stations after an explosion at Maelbeek station in Brussels, Belgium, 22 March 2016.EPA/EVAN LAMOS/

Brussels: Around 20 people died and 106 were injured in the bomb attack on the Brussels metro Tuesday, local mayor Yvan Mayeur said.

"According to initial figures, there are around 20 dead with another 106 wounded, 17 of them gravely and another 23 seriously," Mayeur said, describing the scene at Maalbeek station as "very chaotic."

A twin bomb attack on Brussels airport claimed at least 11 lives, taking the combined death toll to around 31, according to provisional reports.

AFP