Safety of SA officials in Brussels confirmed
The SA Embassy in Brussels has reported that all South African transferred officials and locally recruited personnel have been accounted for.
International Relations and Cooperation says it hasn't yet received any information or inquiries about South African citizens in Belgium, who may have been involved in any of the bombings.
Yesterday, around 35 people were killed and more than 200 wounded in attacks at Brussels airport and on a metro train.
Chantal Vermaak, a South African who lives in Brussels with her family, says her sister had just taken her dad to the airport hours before two suicide bombs went off.
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"Everybody is just in shock and its all places we go often because we fly often back home. We live 10km from the airport. The trains have started running again and they've also decided that schools will be closed.
"Everybody is just waiting to hear what is going to happen. They have spoken about three days of national mourning," she said.
Meanwhile, Belgium held a night vigil starting the three days of mourning. The IS has claimed responsibility for the attacks at the airport and metro train station.
Belgium's ambassador in South Africa, Hubert Cooreman has condemned what he calls a cowardly attack on civilians.
"This is a blind attack, a coward's attack against people using transport at the airport and a metro station. It is clearly intended to kill as much innocent persons that were there at the time," he said.
Police have launched an international manhunt for the third suicide bomber, whose explosive device did not go off at the airport.
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