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When
- Tuesday morning, March 22
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Background
- active participant in the ongoing military intervention against ISIL during the Iraqi Civil War
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Where
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Brussels Zaventem airport
- around 8 a.m. local time
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a metro station near the E.U. headquarters
- around 9:10 a.m
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Who claimed responsibility?
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ISIS
- Khalid
- Brahim El Bakraoui
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Najim Laachraoui
- escaped
- the same terrorist cell that plotted the November 2015 Paris attacks
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Result
- 31 dead, 260 injured
- raise terror threat to the highest level
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International
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Belgian goveronment
- three days of national mourning
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President Obama
- offer American assistance to Belgium
- bring the attackers to justice
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German foreign minister
- "aim at the heart of Europe"
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French prime minister
- "We are at war"