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Two Bombs, 11 Seconds Apart: Chronology of a Horror Morning in Zaventem

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RTL INFO 7:58 am: the first explosionTuesday, March 22, 2016, at 7:58 am, a first explosion sounded in the departure hall of Zaventem Airport, near Delta Airlines' check-in counter number 11. On the spot, the witnesses do not immediately assimilate what is happening. "I wondered who was the idiot who threw a firecracker in the airport," says Walter Benjamin. "But very quickly, some of them understand."The first bomb exploded in my back. I though…
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RTL INFO 7:58 am: the first explosionTuesday, March 22, 2016, at 7:58 am, a first explosion sounded in the departure hall of Zaventem Airport, near Delta Airlines' check-in counter number 11. On the spot, the witnesses do not immediately assimilate what is happening. "I wondered who was the idiot who threw a firecracker in the airport," says Walter Benjamin. "But very quickly, some of them understand."The first bomb exploded in my back. I though…

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RTL Info broke the news in on Sunday, March 22, 2026.
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