€5.9 million investment for mega-trial of 2016 terrorists

(Brussels Times) The government yesterday approved spending of €5.9 million on the Brussels justice service, to allow the organisation of the trial of the alleged terrorists involved in the 2016 terror attacks at Brussels Airport and the city metro.

On 22 March in 2016, suitcase bombs went [off] in the departures hall of Brussels Airport, detonated by two of the three men who had brought them there. A third man escaped and will stand trial.

One hour later, a bomb was detonated on a metro train standing at Maalbeek station in the European quarter by the brother of one of the airport bombers. The man who provided the explosives left the station; he too will stand trial.

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