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Three Dutch missing after Brussels attacks

Xinhua, March 24, 2016 Adjust font size:

The Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed Wednesday afternoon on its Twitter a thrid Dutchman is missing after Brussels attacks.

"We follow the situation closely," said the ministry.

Earlier in the day, the Netherlands confirmed two Dutch people, brother and sister in their twenties, are missing after the attack at Brussels airport. They were waiting for their flight to New York in the departure hall of Zaventem airport when two explosions took place.

Their parents heard the explosions during a phone call with them, after which the connection broke.

The attacks at Zaventem airport and at Maelbeek metro station in Brussels left at least 31 people dead and over 260 people wounded.

The identification of the victims is difficult, said Belgian Health Minister Maggie de Block.

Another Dutchman slightly injured in the airport attack has been treated in hospital, the Dutch Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday. Endit