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| Bomb explosion, attack at Brussels Criminology Institute – report | Bomb explosion, attack at Brussels Criminology Institute – report |
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| A bomb has exploded at Brussels Criminology Institute, according to Belgian broadcaster RTL. A car slammed through the barriers at 3 am local time, with one or several attackers exploding the bomb near the labs. | A bomb has exploded at Brussels Criminology Institute, according to Belgian broadcaster RTL. A car slammed through the barriers at 3 am local time, with one or several attackers exploding the bomb near the labs. |
| The building was empty and nobody was injured in the explosion, RTL added. | The building was empty and nobody was injured in the explosion, RTL added. |
| Belgium has been on terror alert (level three, with a maximum of four) since bomb attacks hit the city’s airport and metro, leaving 32 people dead. Islamic State claimed responsibility for those terrorist acts. | Belgium has been on terror alert (level three, with a maximum of four) since bomb attacks hit the city’s airport and metro, leaving 32 people dead. Islamic State claimed responsibility for those terrorist acts. |
| Brussels police have been carrying out regular raids since the March attacks to look for potential terrorist suspects. | |
| In one of those latest raids in mid-June, at least 12 people were arrested on suspicion of plotting attacks, of which three were charged and nine released, according to the prosecutor. | |
| The raids are mainly conducted in a Muslim area of Brussels called Molenbeek, which is often referred to as an “Islamist hotspot.” | |
| With a population of 11 million people, Belgium has become the source of more Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) recruits than any other European country, the UN Working Group said back in June. |