King Filip and Queen Mathilde will attend ceremonies on Sunday marking the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attacks at the Maalbeek metro station in Brussels and Brussels Airport in Zaventem (Flemish Brabant) in which 32 people died and hundreds more were injured.
King and Queen to attend ceremonies marking 10th anniversary of Brussels and Zaventem terrorist attacks
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The royal couple and the Federal Prime Minister (Flemish nationalist) Bart De Wever will attend 3 ceremonies on Sunday. The first will take place at Brussels Airport, where 2 bombs exploded at 7:58 on Tuesday 22 March 2016. The second will be at Maalbeek in Brussels’ European District where a a bomb exploded at 9:11am.
The third ceremony will take place at the Monument for the Victims of Acts of Terror on the Wetstraat, near to Jubel Park. There, the names of those who died will be read out. A minute’s silence will be observed. The commemorations will be televised.
The commemorative events have been organised by the Federal Government, Brussels Airport and Brussels public transport company MIVB. Those injured in and bereaved by the attacks have been consulted during the planning of the commemorative events. “It is a moment of reflection and tribute to the victims of the 2016 attacks and other acts of terrorism in Belgium and abroad”.
On Saturday (21 March) MIVB is organising a “human chain of hope” at the Maalbeek metro station at 10am. The “human chain of hope” is intended to be a tribute to the victims of the attacks and a mark of recognition for the role played by the emergency services and first responders. Anyone can attend. The public are asked to wear white. Emergency service personnel will be in uniform.