2017 Brussels-Central bombing | |
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Part of Islamic terrorism in Europe | |
Location | Brussels-Central railway station in Brussels, Belgium |
Coordinates | 50°50′43″N 4°21′24″E / 50.8454°N 4.3568°E |
Date | 20 June 2017 20:45 (UTC+2) |
Target | Civilians |
Attack type | Bombing |
Weapons | Explosives |
Deaths | 1 (the attacker) |
Injured | 0 |
Perpetrator | Oussama Zariouh |
Motive | Islamic extremism |
On 20 June 2017, a terrorist bomb caused a small explosion at Brussels-Central railway station in Brussels, Belgium; there were no casualties. Soldiers patrolling the station subsequently killed the suspect with three to four shots, according to eyewitnesses. The perpetrator was Oussama Zariouh, a 36-year-old Moroccan national who lived in the Molenbeek municipality and who had assembled a defective explosive device.