(Reuters) — Belgium’s interior minister said Belgian resolve and motivation to fight extremism will only increase in the aftermath of Islamic State suicide bomb attacks on Brussels airport and a rush-hour metro train on Tuesday (March 22) which killed at least 30 people.
“It’s a day of mixed feelings, from one side very sad about what happened for the victims and the families, so we share our sympathies with those people. From the other side, conviction that we will go on and fight against these terrorists and this violent extremism, and maybe more motivated than ever before because these people can’t take our society and our great values. We know that they want to attack those values, but I am very convinced that we will continue and that we will win this battle,” said interior minister Jan Jambon.
“My recommendation is that we have to share and be in solidarity now with these feelings, that we all share. From the other side, we have to take as quick as possible our normal life and we have to share these great values of our society and fight together against these violent terrorists because never may they succeed in their targets,” he added.
The coordinated assault triggered security alerts across Europe and drew global expressions of support, four days after Brussels police had captured the prime surviving suspect in Islamic State’s attacks on Paris last November in which 130 people were killed.
