Terror Attacks at Brussels Airport and Metro Station, Ten Years On
22nd March 2026
Belgium marked the 22 March 2016 terrorist attacks on Sunday, which killed 32 people and injured more than 300.
Official ceremonies began at Zaventem Airport, continued at Maelbeek metro station—another site of the attacks—and concluded at a central memorial in Brussels. Prime Minister Bart De Wever, King Philippe of Belgium, and Queen Mathilde attended the events.
Remembrance events had already begun on Saturday, when a human chain was formed at Maelbeek metro station to mark the tenth anniversary of the attacks.
The Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attacks, which were carried out by the same network behind the Paris attacks a few months earlier, which killed 130 people. After retreating to safe houses in Brussels, the attackers launched a hastily organised operation days after the arrest of Salah Abdeslam, the only surviving member of the Paris cell on 18 March.