About half of Brussels attacks victims foreigners

30 March,2016 09:21 AM IST |   |  IANS

All the victims of the Brussels terror attacks have now been identified, the Belgian public prosecutor has confirmed


Brussels: All the victims of the Brussels terror attacks have now been identified, the Belgian public prosecutor has confirmed.


A victim receives first aid by rescuers, on March 22, 2016 near Maalbeek metro station in Brussels. Pic/AFP

The magistrate Ine Van Wymeersch on Tuesday confirmed that 17 Belgians and 15 foreigners were killed in the attacks on March 22, Xinhua reported.

Among the killed foreigners were four Americans, three Dutch, two Swedish, one Indian, one Chinese, one Briton, one Peruvian, one from France and one from Italy.

As many as 94 people remained in hospital undergoing treatment. About half of them were in intensive care and another 30 in a specialist burns unit. About half of the injured were foreigners with 20 different nationalities.

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