Reuters, 22/03 16:20 CET
By Victoria Bryan
BERLIN (Reuters) – Two
explosions in the departure hall of Brussels Airport on Tuesday prompted
other countries to tighten airport security and raised questions about
how soon passengers should be screened when entering terminals.
Fourteen people were killed at Zaventem airport and a
bomb attack on the Brussels metro system killed 20 others, public
broadcaster VRT said, forcing the city into lockdown.
Belgium’s federal prosecutor said one of the blasts at
the airport, which serves over 23 million passengers a year, was
probably caused by a suicide bomber, echoing a deadly attack in the
arrival hall of Moscow’s Domodedovo airport in 2011.
Security is tight at European airports, with passengers
and their bags undergoing checks for weapons and explosives before being
allowed onto planes, but those checks typically take place only after
check-in.
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Source: Euronews
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