Americans among Brussels bombing dead
Source: AFP
Brussels (AFP) - A number of Americans were among those killed in this week's Brussels bomb attacks, US Secretary of State John Kerry and Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel said Friday.
The leaders did not put a number on the American casualties but a US official told reporters that least two US citizens had been confirmed dead.
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dorkzilla
(5,141 posts)That a few US government workers were unaccounted for.
leftynyc
(26,060 posts)It does seem that they were targeting Americans at the airport bombing - the bomb went off right where people were checking in for a flight to the US. Motherfuckers.
blackspade
(10,056 posts)In the same report they said that the bombs went off near the entrance.
The graphic they showed put the United, American, and Delta check-in desks further down the concourse. So, if they were targeting Americans, they did a poor job of it.
Luckily.....for some.
mnhtnbb
(31,319 posts)with connections to Raleigh. (Jim Cain is a big NC Republican.)
Alexander Pinczowski was engaged to the daughter of Jim Cain, who served as the U.S. ambassador to Denmark from 2005 to 2009. Cain was also the CEO of the Carolina Hurricanes from 2000 to 2002.
http://www.wral.com/brother-sister-killed-in-brussels-bombings-man-was-engaged-to-daughter-of-former-hurricanes-ceo/15599537/