On 22 March 2016, coordinated bombings struck Brussels Airport (Zaventem) and the Maelbeek/Maalbeek metro station near EU institutions. The attacks killed 32 people and injured many more.
The bombings were linked to the same militant network connected to the November 2015 Paris attacks. Belgian authorities conducted a large investigation and one of the country's biggest terrorism trials, resulting in convictions for murder and attempted murder in a terrorist context.
This entry documents the attacks as terrorism targeting civilians and transport infrastructure in the political heart of the EU.