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Brussels attacks: 'Desperate' search for missing David Dixon | Brussels attacks: 'Desperate' search for missing David Dixon |
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Friends of a computer programmer missing in Brussels since Tuesday's bomb attacks have said they are desperate to find him. | Friends of a computer programmer missing in Brussels since Tuesday's bomb attacks have said they are desperate to find him. |
David Dixon, from Nottingham, commutes on the Belgian capital's metro - but did not arrive at work yesterday. | David Dixon, from Nottingham, commutes on the Belgian capital's metro - but did not arrive at work yesterday. |
His friend Simon Hartley-Jones said Mr Dixon's partner, who also lives in Brussels, had been driving around hospitals in the hope of finding him. | His friend Simon Hartley-Jones said Mr Dixon's partner, who also lives in Brussels, had been driving around hospitals in the hope of finding him. |
The blasts at the city's airport and metro left 34 people dead. | The blasts at the city's airport and metro left 34 people dead. |
Mr Hartley-Jones said Mr Dixon and his partner Charlotte Sutcliffe, who have a seven-year-old son, had lived in Brussels for about 10 years but still have a house in Nottingham and visit regularly. | |
More about the attacks | More about the attacks |
How the day unfolded | How the day unfolded |
What we know about the attacks so far | What we know about the attacks so far |
Airport security under the spotlight again | Airport security under the spotlight again |
Full coverage of the Brussels attacks | Full coverage of the Brussels attacks |
"David is a programmer and works in the centre of Brussels," said Mr Hartley-Jones. | |
"He makes his way there every day using the metro system. For some reason he hasn't made it... and we're really concerned about him. | |
"It's really unusual for him not to contact [Charlotte] - it's really out of character." | |
Updates on this story and more from Nottinghamshire | |
He described Mr Dixon, originally from Hartlepool, as "a lovely guy" and "an amazing man who deeply deeply loves his son". | |
The family, who have a house in the Mapperley area of Nottingham, were due to visit over Easter, Mr Hartley-Jones said. | The family, who have a house in the Mapperley area of Nottingham, were due to visit over Easter, Mr Hartley-Jones said. |
The couple's son was staying with friends and was unaware that his father was missing, he added. | The couple's son was staying with friends and was unaware that his father was missing, he added. |
Mr Hartley-Jones has appealed for anyone in Belgium who might know of Mr Dixon's whereabouts to get in touch. | |
"Charlotte is just desperately looking for David and we need any information you can get," he said. | |
"Please just check in hospitals in Brussels, just check that David is not one of your patients, and just let us know." | |
'Heartbreaking and very worrying' | |
Ms Sutcliffe's sister, Marie, said they were hoping to hear from a hospital or police that he had perhaps been injured but was safe. | |
"Not everybody has been identified yet among the injured, so it's just waiting for that process to happen," she said. | |
She plans to go out to Brussels to support her sister. "Understandably she's very, very distressed," she said. | |
"It's just waiting, which is heartbreaking and very worrying." | |
So far, two Britons are confirmed to have been injured in the twin blasts which hit Zaventem airport at about 07:00 GMT and Maelbeek metro station an hour later. | So far, two Britons are confirmed to have been injured in the twin blasts which hit Zaventem airport at about 07:00 GMT and Maelbeek metro station an hour later. |
So-called Islamic State (IS) has claimed responsibility for the attacks. |