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Reuters
Reuters
World
By Philip Blenkinsop

Belgium to try Brussels bombings accused in largest ever court case

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, Belgium, 30 November 2022. Stephanie Lecocq/Pool via REUTERS

Belgium launches its largest ever trial on Wednesday to determine whether 10 accused men played a part in the 2016 Islamist bombings of Brussels airport and the city's metro that killed 32 people and injured more than 300.

Among the 10 accused are six men already convicted in France over the November 2015 Paris attacks, but unlike the French trial which concluded in June with a decision by a panel of judges, the Brussels case will be settled by a jury.

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