Belgian authorities under pressure to identify bombing victims more quickly

Published March 26th, 2016 - 07:00 GMT
Three police officers stand guard at the Meiser neighborhood in Schaarbeek in Brussels on March 25, 2016 during an operation searching for suspects of March 22 bombings in Brussels. (AFP/Laurie Dieffembacq)
Three police officers stand guard at the Meiser neighborhood in Schaarbeek in Brussels on March 25, 2016 during an operation searching for suspects of March 22 bombings in Brussels. (AFP/Laurie Dieffembacq)

Pressure is growing on Belgian authorities to speed up the identification of scores of people injured, missing or killed in Tuesday’s terror attacks in Brussels.

Police say the devastation and force of the explosion added to the fact that the victims come from a wide range of countries have combined to further complicate the identification task.

So far at least eight different nationalities have been identified as among the 31 fatalities.

A Facebook page has been set up along with other sites, like Trello to try and identify the casualties. Certain messages make desperate appeals for information.

On Friday, a 51-year-old Briton, David Dixon, was confirmed to have died in the metro bombing. The absence of any passenger information list for the metro service has also hindered the identification process.

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