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Urgent: Metro explosion kills nearly 20 , 17 injured in danger: Brussels mayor

Xinhua, March 22, 2016 Adjust font size:

Nearly 20 people have been killed and many were seriously injured after a bomb went off at Maelbeek metro station in Brussels on Tuesday morning, Yvan Mayeur, mayor of Brussels said in a press conference.

Mayeur said currently 17 people injured in the metro attack were in danger, and 23 others were wounded badly. Endit