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Three Dutch citizens were killed in the Brussels airport bombing, it has been confirmed. Three Dutch and at least two US citizens were killed in the Brussels airport bombing, it has been confirmed.
Bert Koenders, the Dutch foreign minister, said on Friday the victims were a woman from Deventer, in the east of the Netherlands, and a brother and sister from Limburg province, in the south, who were living in the US. Bert Koenders, the Dutch foreign minister, said on Friday the three Dutch victims were a woman from Deventer, in the east of the Netherlands, and a brother and sister from Limburg province in the south, who were living in the US.
He did not give their names. They were among 31 people killed in the coordinated terror attacks that struck the Belgian capital on Tuesday. American officials separately said at least two US citizens – at present unnamed – had been confirmed dead and their families informed.
“It is terrible that these people have been killed by the arbitrariness of terror,” Koenders said in a statement. Koenders did not give the names of the Dutch victims. However, the brother and sister were named locally as Alex and Sascha Pinczowski, while the third victim was named as Elita Weah. All three were waiting to fly to the US.
Three victims of the attacks have been named: Adelma Tapia Ruiz, 37, a Peruvian chef living with her Belgian husband and twin girls in Brussels, Leopold Hecht, a 20-year-old law student at Saint-Louis University, Brussels, and Oliver Delespesse, who worked for the Federation of Wallonia-Brussels. A spokeswoman for the Dutch foreign ministry said the country’s privacy rules meant there would be no official confirmation of the victims’ identities.
The Dutch and Americans were among 31 people killed in the coordinated terror attacks that struck the Belgian capital on Tuesday.
Three victims of the attacks had previously been named: Adelma Tapia Ruiz, 37, a Peruvian chef living with her Belgian husband and twin girls in Brussels, Leopold Hecht, a 20-year-old law student at Saint-Louis University, Brussels, and Oliver Delespesse, who worked for the Federation of Wallonia-Brussels.
“It is terrible that these people have been killed by the arbitrariness of terror,” Koenders said in a statement. “Terrorism knows no boundaries and no compassion.”
Belgian police have made seven arrests following the attacks at Zaventem airport and the Maelbeek metro station. Two suspects are still believed to be on the run.Belgian police have made seven arrests following the attacks at Zaventem airport and the Maelbeek metro station. Two suspects are still believed to be on the run.
Several police raids were carried out across Brussels on Thursday evening, as prosecutors released more evidence that the attacks were carried out by the same Islamic State cell responsible for November’s carnage in Paris.Several police raids were carried out across Brussels on Thursday evening, as prosecutors released more evidence that the attacks were carried out by the same Islamic State cell responsible for November’s carnage in Paris.
The US secretary of state, John Kerry, arrived in Brussels on Friday for talks with counter-terrorism officials.The US secretary of state, John Kerry, arrived in Brussels on Friday for talks with counter-terrorism officials.
“The United States stands firmly with Belgium and with the nations of Europe in the face of this tragedy,” Kerry said in an appearance with the Belgian prime minister, Charles Michel.
“We – all of us representing countless nationalities – have a message for those who inspired or carried out the attacks here or in Paris, or Ankara, or Tunis, or San Bernardino, or elsewhere. We will not be intimidated,” he said.
“We will not be deterred. We will come back with greater resolve – with greater strength – and we will not rest until we have eliminated your nihilistic beliefs and cowardice from the face of the Earth.”