BRUSSELS, Belgium, March 22, 2026 (BSS/AFP) - Belgium marks on Sunday 10 years since the 2016 jihadist bombings in Brussels, a trauma that still scars the country and that authorities say sharpened focus on intelligence and counterterrorism. The March 22 attacks claimed by the Islamic State group left 32 people dead and more than 300 wounded -- Belgium's worst peacetime massacre. Christelle Giovannetti, who was injured and "scarred for life" by the scenes she witnessed that morning, has attended every commemoration held since the attacks. Belgium's King Philippe and Queen Mathilde are also due to attend ceremonies that will culminate at a monument erected in memory of the victims in central Brussels. The Brussels attacks were the work of the same jihadist cell that struck Paris just months earlier on November 13, 2015, killing 130 people.

Source: Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha March 22, 2026 11:57 UTC