On March 22, two explosions at Brussels airport and another one at Maelbeek metro station near the European Union institutions killed more than 30 people and injured another 300.
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Announcing via Twitter that all its stations would be open today, Brussels’ transport authority, known by the acronym STIB, used a smiley face in its tweet.
The Maelbeek subway station where 16 people were killed in last month’s Islamic State attacks in Brussels fully reopened on Monday.
Security remains high across the underground network, which was hit during the March 22 peak morning travel period.
A woman waits for her train at the Maelbeek metro station in Brussels Monday, as a soldier patrols the platform.
According to Brussels Metro spokeswoman An Van Hamme, “there wasn’t any structural damage. So there were a few works that had to be done”.
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Many stopped to read messages such as “All together” and “The greatest of all is love” written on a wall left by victims’ families and survivors, who had visited the station in private. The suspect, Mohamed Abrini, is believed to be the mysterious “man in the hat” who escaped the double bombing at Brussels airport, but further investigation is needed to determine Abrini is the third suspect of the airport attack. Doing so may result in civil and/or criminal penalties. News storiesdisplayed here appear in our category for global and are licensed via a specific agreement between LongIsland.comand The Associated Press, the world’s oldest and largest news organization.
