Brussels installs memorial to mark attack anniversary

A Belgian artist installed a metal sculpture shaped like rising waves in central Brussels, to honour the victims of terrorist attacks perpetrated in the city precisely a year before.

Three suicide bombers targeted Brussels airport and the Maalbeek metro station in the capital on 22 March 2016, the deadliest such attack in Belgium's history.

ESO: Background information: Brussels attacks: Zaventem and Maelbeek bombs kill many / Terror hits the capital of Europe http://www.europeansources.info/record/brussels-attacks-zaventem-and-maelbeek-bombs-kill-many-terror-hits-the-capital-of-europe/

European Parliament: Press Release, 15.03.17: MEPs commemorate victims of 22 March Brussels attack and stress need to step up security http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/news-room/20170309IPR65845/

Politico, 14.03.17: Brussels drops down livable city list after terror attacks: study http://www.politico.eu/article/brussels-drops-down-livable-city-list-after-terror-attacks-study/

EurActiv, 20.03.17: Brussels to mark attacks anniversary with ‘minute of noise’, not silence http://www.euractiv.com/section/politics/news/brussels-to-mark-attacks-anniversary-with-minute-of-noise-not-silence/

EUObserver, 20.03.17: Terror victims let down by Belgian bureaucracy https://euobserver.com/justice/137301

European Commission: DG Communication: STATEMENT/17/633, 22.03.17: Statement from President Juncker to mark the first anniversary of the attacks on 22 March 2016 http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_STATEMENT-17-633_en.htm

EurActiv, 22.03.17: Belgian government ‘must do more’ to support Brussels bombings victims http://www.euractiv.com/section/global-europe/video/belgian-government-must-do-more-to-support-brussels-bombings-victims/

Politico, 22.03.17: Belgium commemorates Brussels attacks anniversary http://www.politico.eu/article/belgium-commemorates-brussels-attacks-anniversary/

Politico, 22.03.17: A year after Brussels attacks, what’s fixed and still broken http://www.politico.eu/article/a-year-after-brussels-attacks-whats-fixed-and-still-broken/

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