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[00:00.04]The Islamic State terrorist group claimed responsibility
[00:04.24]for the attacks at the Brussels airport and metro
[00:08.56]that killed at least 30 people and injured 130 others.
[00:15.32]Two bombs exploded at Zaventem airport about 8 in the morning
[00:21.04]near the Swissport airline passenger area and a Starbucks coffee shop.
[00:26.36]At least 11 people were killed in the two airport bombings.
[00:32.24]About an hour later, another bomb exploded
[00:35.96]at the Maelbeek metro station during rush hour.
[00:39.72]A spokesman for the Brussels Metro system said
[00:43.72]the explosion on a train killed as many as 20 people and injured 55.
[00:51.12]The metro station is also near the European Union headquarters.
[00:57.04]Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel told reporters
[01:01.36]"This is a black moment in our country.
[01:04.76]Everyone please be calm and show solidarity.
[01:09.44]What we feared has come to pass.
[01:12.36]Our country has been struck by attacks
[01:15.52]which are blind, violent and cowardly."
[01:19.88]In a statement, French President Francois Hollande said,
[01:24.92]"Through the attacks in Brussels, the whole of Europe has been hit."
[01:30.40]The French prime minister added,
[01:33.00]"We are at war. We have been subjected
[01:36.40]for the last few months in Europe to acts of war."
[01:40.74]In Havana, Cuba, President Barack Obama said,
[01:45.52]"We will do whatever is necessary to support our friend
[01:49.72]and ally Belgium in bringing to justice those who are responsible.
[01:55.24]And this is yet another reminder
[01:57.68]that the world must unite regardless of nationality or race or faith
[02:03.72]in fighting against the scourge of terrorism."
[02:07.56]After the explosions, officials in Belgium closed the airport,
[02:12.76]metro system, other train stations, schools, shopping areas and museums.
[02:20.28]They told people who had not already departed for work to stay home.
[02:26.00]And they told those already at their offices to remain there.
[02:31.28]Belgian officials also released a photo taken from closed circuit TV
[02:37.40]of three men with luggage carts.
[02:40.96]They said two of them were the suicide bombers
[02:44.64]and that the third — dressed in a light-colored coat,
[02:48.72]black hat and glasses — was at large.
[02:52.72]Police later found a nail-filled bomb,
[02:56.76]chemical products and an Islamic State flag
[03:00.88]while searching a house in the Schaerbeek neighborhood.
[03:04.76]The attacks happened just days after the arrest of Salah Abdeslam in Brussels.
[03:11.52]He is accused of being one of the leaders
[03:14.28]of the deadly Paris terrorist attacks in November.
[03:18.47]Some experts feared that his supporters
[03:22.00]would answer his arrest with attacks in Brussels.
[03:25.96]I'm Jonathan Evans.
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