After more than 6 years, the trial against terrorist suspects attacks Brussels begins
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Aida Brands
editor Brussels
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Aida Brands
editor Brussels
In Brussels, the process of the century starts today for many Belgians. The nine suspects of the bloody attack in Brussels on March 22, 2016 will be brought to trial. The bombings at Maalbeek metro station in Brussels and Zaventem airport killed 32 people and affected more than 340.
Belgian media have been anticipating the view for days. According to just, the nine men belong to the same terror cell that was responsible for the attacks in Paris 2015. He was already sentenced to life in France at the beginning of this summer.
The IS attacks in Brussels on March 22, 2016
Although the attacks in Brussels are 6.5 years ago, many events still have the consequences. Inne de Bruyn is at the airport that morning with her two daughters and husband. They are at Zaventem early, taking into account the long traffic jams in the morning between Antwerp and Brussels.
They are having breakfast together at an airport coffee shop when they hear a deafening bang. “After the first explosion, my husband knew right away that it was a bomb. We put our children under a table and lay over them. Then the second bomb went off,” says De Bruyn.
She and her family are doing quite well. A few months after the attack, she hears from the public prosecutor that she was even more lucky than she thought. The third attacker, who at the last minute started not to detonate, was 5 meters from De Bruyn and only her family.
She still thinks about those moments at the airport every day. “You have a form of constant vigilance. You are always looking where is the entrance, who is near you. You are constantly on the screen. That is very tiring,” says De Bruyn. She and her husband have not slept together since the attacks because they still wake up every night with nightmares. This process is important for the whole family. They follow today’s session from home, but they want to be part of the substantive treatment.