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| US couple among the victims of Brussels bombings attacks, family and employer say | |
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| The family of an American man missing along with his wife since the suicide bombings in Brussels that killed at least 31 people has learned that he died in the attacks, his brother said on Saturday. | The family of an American man missing along with his wife since the suicide bombings in Brussels that killed at least 31 people has learned that he died in the attacks, his brother said on Saturday. |
| Justin and Stephanie Shults, originally from Tennessee and Kentucky and who were living in Belgium, were last seen dropping off her mother at the Brussels airport shortly before the check-in area was rocked by a powerful explosion on Tuesday. | Justin and Stephanie Shults, originally from Tennessee and Kentucky and who were living in Belgium, were last seen dropping off her mother at the Brussels airport shortly before the check-in area was rocked by a powerful explosion on Tuesday. |
| “We found out today that cowards took my brother’s life just weeks after his 30th birthday,” Levi Sutton said in a post on Twitter. | “We found out today that cowards took my brother’s life just weeks after his 30th birthday,” Levi Sutton said in a post on Twitter. |
| Related: Obama rejects 'attempt to stigmatize Muslims' in US after Brussels attacks | Related: Obama rejects 'attempt to stigmatize Muslims' in US after Brussels attacks |
| “He was smart and kind and generous. I never met a single person who didn’t like him. He worked hard his whole life and achieved goals that most could only dream about,” Sutton said in the post. | “He was smart and kind and generous. I never met a single person who didn’t like him. He worked hard his whole life and achieved goals that most could only dream about,” Sutton said in the post. |
| Shults also died in the attack, according to a statement posted on Facebook by her employer, Mars, Incorporated. | |
| “Today we learned from Stephanie Shults’ family that she and her husband, Justin, were among those killed in the attack on the Brussels airport,” the company wrote. | |
| “We are mourning the loss of our colleague and friend. Our hearts and thoughts are with their families, and with all those who are suffering during this terrible time.” | |
| A US State Department official declined to comment out of respect for the families. | A US State Department official declined to comment out of respect for the families. |
| Sutton told Reuters earlier this week that a State Department official informed his mother the couple had been found, but that a social worker called back an hour later to say that information was incorrect. | Sutton told Reuters earlier this week that a State Department official informed his mother the couple had been found, but that a social worker called back an hour later to say that information was incorrect. |
| Justin was employed by Clarcor Inc, a Tennessee-based filtration system company. | |
| “We grieve with his family and continue to offer our support as they mourn this unimaginable loss,” the company said in a statement posted on its website. | “We grieve with his family and continue to offer our support as they mourn this unimaginable loss,” the company said in a statement posted on its website. |
| Related: Briton David Dixon confirmed killed in Brussels terror attack | |
| Family members of the couple had been among those waiting anxiously for word of their loved ones following the attacks at the airport and a metro station in Brussels. | Family members of the couple had been among those waiting anxiously for word of their loved ones following the attacks at the airport and a metro station in Brussels. |
| At least 31 people were killed and more than 270 wounded in the blasts that were claimed by the Islamic State militant group and sent shockwaves across Europe and the world. | At least 31 people were killed and more than 270 wounded in the blasts that were claimed by the Islamic State militant group and sent shockwaves across Europe and the world. |
| On Friday, two Dutch siblings who lived in New York, Alexander and Sascha Pinczowski, were confirmed to be among the dead. | On Friday, two Dutch siblings who lived in New York, Alexander and Sascha Pinczowski, were confirmed to be among the dead. |
| The Pinczowski siblings were at a ticket counter in the airport, planning to return to New York, when the attacks occurred, news outlets reported. They were speaking by phone with a relative when the connection abruptly ended, according to the New York Daily News. | The Pinczowski siblings were at a ticket counter in the airport, planning to return to New York, when the attacks occurred, news outlets reported. They were speaking by phone with a relative when the connection abruptly ended, according to the New York Daily News. |
| Among the Americans injured in the bombings were three missionaries from the Utah-based Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, as well as a US air force airman and four members of his family. | Among the Americans injured in the bombings were three missionaries from the Utah-based Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, as well as a US air force airman and four members of his family. |