terrorist attacks!

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    From Belgian national radio:
    'Government source' says it was a terrorist attack.
    Police sources talk about casualties.

    * 9:10: radio now reports that possibly a third bomb was found at the airport
    * 9:13: entire Belgium now in highest terror level (4). All other airports closed off.
    * 9:17: ring road around brussels will be closed off soon
    * 9:18: central train station in Brussels is being evacuated according to national radio
    * 9:19: it seems it's the metro station connected to the central train station
    * 9:20: 1-20 casualties reported by national radio
    * 9:22: french-speaking radio now report EXPLOSIONS in METRO. Multiple people exiting metro with bloody faces
    * 9:25: people are reporting smoke next to metro station:https://twitter.com/Paul...
    * 9:29: live feed belgian national television now contains reports about metro attack. It's station Maalbeek in Brussels.
    * 9:31: another tweeted image: https://twitter.com/GillesKLEIN/…
    * 9:32: all metro stations in Brussels will be CLOSED
    * 9:34: there is now an official emergency number: 02 506 4711
    * 9:37: apparently metro station Schumann is also affected. Both of these metro stations are in the European quarter of Brussels.
    * 9:40: I have to go now. Might keep updating, but more sporadically
    * 9:54: latest reports 13 casualties, more than 30 severely wounded. A university in Brussels is being evacuated (ULB)

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