Metro station rocked by ISIS attacks in Brussels reopens

April 25, 2016 22:48

The Maelbeek metro station where 16 people, including an Indian techie, were killed by an Islamic State suicide bomber last month re-opened today with Belgians describing it as a symbol of "our determination to fight terrorism."

A bomb was detonated on board a train pulling out of Maelbeek station, close to the European institutions, in the morning rush hour on March 22. The attack followed suicide bombs at Brussels airport which also killed 16 people.

The reopening of the station early today brought the Belgian capital's underground network back up to full capacity. "We will overcome this too. You get emotional when you come here. You feel it inside. Our government will overcome terrorism," Paul Nemitz, Director, Fundamental Rights and Union Citizeship, European Comission, said at the station.

He said his office was just 300 metres from the station.

"We will overcome this (terrorism). Life goes on. There is a little fear. We are worried over security but the reopening of the metro station just over a month after the attacks is a symbol of the people's resilience," Tem, a daily metro commuter, told PTI at the Maelbeek metro station.

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