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Priyanka Shankar

Belgium’s 2016 suicide bombings trial: Five things to know

Police officers stand in the courtroom prior to the selection of the jury for the 2016 Brussels and Maelbeek attacks trial at the Justitia building in Brussels [File: Stephanie Lecocq/Pool via Reuters]

On March 22, 2016, two coordinated suicide attacks shook Belgium’s capital Brussels, killing 32 people and injuring more than 300.

The first attack took place at the Brussels Airport in Zaventum, where two twin suicide blasts occured in the airport’s departure hall at 7:58am local time (06:58 GMT).

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