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| Brussels attacks: the confirmed victims | Brussels attacks: the confirmed victims |
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| Loubna Lafquiri, Belgium-Morocco | Loubna Lafquiri, Belgium-Morocco |
| The gymnastics teacher at an Islamic school in the Schaerbeek district of Brussels had three children. She died in the suicide bombing on the metro at Maelbeek. | The gymnastics teacher at an Islamic school in the Schaerbeek district of Brussels had three children. She died in the suicide bombing on the metro at Maelbeek. |
| Lauriane Visart, Belgium, 27 | Lauriane Visart, Belgium, 27 |
| The jurist and legal adviser was killed in the metro attack. Her father, an economics correspondent for the state broadcaster RTBF, appeared on an evening bulletin and said: “Lauriane had extremely strong values that she fiercely defended, including equality, justice, tolerance, gender equality. I’m not naive, I know very well that security is essential today. But I think that if we build walls of exclusion, if we cultivate hatred, we’re heading for disaster. If we want a different world in the future, we need respect, tolerance and love. And we owe that to all the Laurianes in the world.” | The jurist and legal adviser was killed in the metro attack. Her father, an economics correspondent for the state broadcaster RTBF, appeared on an evening bulletin and said: “Lauriane had extremely strong values that she fiercely defended, including equality, justice, tolerance, gender equality. I’m not naive, I know very well that security is essential today. But I think that if we build walls of exclusion, if we cultivate hatred, we’re heading for disaster. If we want a different world in the future, we need respect, tolerance and love. And we owe that to all the Laurianes in the world.” |
| Sabrina Fazal, Belgium, 24 | Sabrina Fazal, Belgium, 24 |
| The nursing student was on her way to college when she was killed in the metro attack. | The nursing student was on her way to college when she was killed in the metro attack. |
| Justin and Stephanie Shults, US | Justin and Stephanie Shults, US |
| Justin Shults, 30, and his wife Stephanie, 29, who had lived in Brussels for two years, were killed at the airport. A family member said they were dropping Stephanie’s mother off and were watching her walk through security when the bombs went off. The White House said Obama offered his condolences and praised the couple as epitomising all that was good about America. Justin Shults was originally from Gatlinburg, Tennessee, and his wife was a native of Lexington, Kentucky. They graduated together from Vanderbilt University’s Owen Graduate School of Management. | Justin Shults, 30, and his wife Stephanie, 29, who had lived in Brussels for two years, were killed at the airport. A family member said they were dropping Stephanie’s mother off and were watching her walk through security when the bombs went off. The White House said Obama offered his condolences and praised the couple as epitomising all that was good about America. Justin Shults was originally from Gatlinburg, Tennessee, and his wife was a native of Lexington, Kentucky. They graduated together from Vanderbilt University’s Owen Graduate School of Management. |
| André Adam, Belgium-France, 79 | André Adam, Belgium-France, 79 |
| Adam, a retired diplomat, was on his way to the US when he was killed in the airport bomb. He shielded his wife from the blast but later died from his injuries. He had a long career, including serving as Belgian ambassador to Washington and to the UN in New York. He had retired with his wife to a village in south-west France. | Adam, a retired diplomat, was on his way to the US when he was killed in the airport bomb. He shielded his wife from the blast but later died from his injuries. He had a long career, including serving as Belgian ambassador to Washington and to the UN in New York. He had retired with his wife to a village in south-west France. |
| Fabienne Vansteenkiste, Belgium, 51 | Fabienne Vansteenkiste, Belgium, 51 |
| Vansteenkiste worked for the baggage team at Brussels airport. She should have finished her shift at 6am but had worked longer to help a colleague. Her husband told French TV station TF1 that she had talked about being afraid of dying in a terrorist attack and had said she wanted to change her shift hours, believing that if terrorists did hit the airport they would do so in the morning when it was most crowded. | Vansteenkiste worked for the baggage team at Brussels airport. She should have finished her shift at 6am but had worked longer to help a colleague. Her husband told French TV station TF1 that she had talked about being afraid of dying in a terrorist attack and had said she wanted to change her shift hours, believing that if terrorists did hit the airport they would do so in the morning when it was most crowded. |
| Frank Deng, China, 24 | Frank Deng, China, 24 |
| The young entrepreneur was on his way to Ljubljana in Slovenia when he was killed in the airport. | The young entrepreneur was on his way to Ljubljana in Slovenia when he was killed in the airport. |
| Olivier Delespesse, Belgium, 45 | Olivier Delespesse, Belgium, 45 |
| The civil servant died at Maelbeek station on his way to work at the Federation of Wallonia-Brussels. Delespesse was described as playful by colleagues and was known for his jokes in the office. | The civil servant died at Maelbeek station on his way to work at the Federation of Wallonia-Brussels. Delespesse was described as playful by colleagues and was known for his jokes in the office. |
| David Dixon, Britain, 53 | David Dixon, Britain, 53 |
| The freelance computer programmer, originally from Hartlepool, died in the attack on Maelbeek metro station. He had lived in Brussels for 15 years and is survived by his partner and their seven-year-old son. | The freelance computer programmer, originally from Hartlepool, died in the attack on Maelbeek metro station. He had lived in Brussels for 15 years and is survived by his partner and their seven-year-old son. |
| Leopold Hecht, Belgium, 20 | Leopold Hecht, Belgium, 20 |
| Hecht died in the attack on Maelbeek metro and had been studying law at the Universite Saint-Louis in Brussels. Fellow students described Hecht as a brilliant actor with a knack for improvisation. | Hecht died in the attack on Maelbeek metro and had been studying law at the Universite Saint-Louis in Brussels. Fellow students described Hecht as a brilliant actor with a knack for improvisation. |
| Alexander and Sascha Pinczowski, Netherlands | Alexander and Sascha Pinczowski, Netherlands |
| The siblings, who lived in New York, were preparing to travel home after visiting their father in Maastricht when the bomb went off at Zaventem airport. They were on the phone to their mother at the time. Alexander, described as a friendly dog-lover, was engaged and the siblings were said to be very close. | The siblings, who lived in New York, were preparing to travel home after visiting their father in Maastricht when the bomb went off at Zaventem airport. They were on the phone to their mother at the time. Alexander, described as a friendly dog-lover, was engaged and the siblings were said to be very close. |
| Adelma Tapia Ruiz, Peru, 37 | Adelma Tapia Ruiz, Peru, 37 |
| The trainee chef was killed at the airport while her husband played outside with their twin toddlers. The family had been travelling to New York to visit her sisters. She had hoped to open a Peruvian restaurant in Brussels once qualified. | The trainee chef was killed at the airport while her husband played outside with their twin toddlers. The family had been travelling to New York to visit her sisters. She had hoped to open a Peruvian restaurant in Brussels once qualified. |
| Elita Weah, Netherlands, 41 | Elita Weah, Netherlands, 41 |
| The Liberian-born Dutch national was killed at Zaventem airport while preparing to fly to Boston for a funeral. She leaves a 13-year-old daughter in Deventer, the east Netherlands town where she lived. | The Liberian-born Dutch national was killed at Zaventem airport while preparing to fly to Boston for a funeral. She leaves a 13-year-old daughter in Deventer, the east Netherlands town where she lived. |
| Jennifer Scintu-Waetzmann, Germany-Spain-Italy, 29 | Jennifer Scintu-Waetzmann, Germany-Spain-Italy, 29 |
| Scintu-Waetzmann, a sports coach originally from Spain but with dual Spanish-Italian nationality who lived in Aachen, Germany, was waiting to check in at Zevantem airport. She and her German husband, Lars, who was badly hurt, had been embarking on a belated honeymoon. | Scintu-Waetzmann, a sports coach originally from Spain but with dual Spanish-Italian nationality who lived in Aachen, Germany, was waiting to check in at Zevantem airport. She and her German husband, Lars, who was badly hurt, had been embarking on a belated honeymoon. |
| Bart Migom, Belgium, 21 | Bart Migom, Belgium, 21 |
| The student had been travelling to see his American girlfriend in the US when he was killed at the airport, his college confirmed. | The student had been travelling to see his American girlfriend in the US when he was killed at the airport, his college confirmed. |
| “His parents told us this morning that he died immediately, he was really close to the spot,” a spokeswoman told AFP. | “His parents told us this morning that he died immediately, he was really close to the spot,” a spokeswoman told AFP. |
| Patricia Rizzo, Italy, 48 | Patricia Rizzo, Italy, 48 |
| The Italian, who had been working in Brussels for several months for the European Research Council Executive Agency, was killed in the metro. | The Italian, who had been working in Brussels for several months for the European Research Council Executive Agency, was killed in the metro. |
| Rome confirmed her death and her cousin Massimo Leone paid tribute to her on Facebook, posting photos and the message: “Patricia, I miss you, we all miss you.” | Rome confirmed her death and her cousin Massimo Leone paid tribute to her on Facebook, posting photos and the message: “Patricia, I miss you, we all miss you.” |
| Raghavendran Ganesa, India, 31 | |
| Ganesan, a software engineer, had just days earlier returned to his work in Brussels from his homeland of India, where his wife had given birth to their son. | |
| On the morning of 22 March, he spoke to his mother in Mumbai via Skype just an hour before the attacks, mostly about about his job at IT giant Infosys. | |
| Then he set off for work by subway, his usual routine for the past four years. | |
| As television stations worldwide flashed news of the attacks, Ganesan’s family tried desperately to trace him. His brother posted an appeal on his Facebook page. Six days later, Belgian officials confirmed that Ganesan’s body had been found inside the devastated subway train at Maelbeek station. | |
| “Unfortunately, he was traveling in the same coach of the metro in which the suicide bomber blew himself up,” India’s external affairs minister, Sushma Swaraj, said. | |
| Gilles Laurent, Belgium, 46 | |
| The sound recordist and engineer had worked on films all over the world, including Mexican director Carlos Reygadas’s Cannes film festival entry Post Tenebras Lux. | |
| Laurent, who lived in the southern Belgian city of Namur, was on the subway train targeted by a bomb inside Maelbeek station. | |
| The 46-year-old came from Bouillon in southern Belgium, where his parents own the Porte de France hotel. He leaves behind his wife, Reiko Udo, daughters Suzu and Lili and a large extended family. “You have been snatched from us by a tragic destiny, but you will always remain at our sides,” they wrote in a death notice. | |
| Mélanie Defize, Belgium, 29 | |
| Defize, an accomplished music producer and violinist, worked with the independent label Cypres Records and wrote for forumopera.com. | |
| Cédric Hustinx, who worked with her at Cypres, said her death leaves an unfillable void. He said she brought luminous enthusiasm and a sensitive nature to her work. | |
| Her colleagues at forumopera.com posted a Facebook tribute to Defize that described her as funny and irreverent, with a love of Jeff Buckley and Radiohead as well as classical works. |