Europe Seeks Terror Riposte as Brussels Police Hunt New Suspect
- EU interior ministers to meet in Brussels this afternoon
- Europol chief says network appears wider than first thought
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European Union ministers will try to forge a response to a wave of terrorism by Islamic State as fears grow that the perpetrators of Tuesday’s attacks in Brussels are part of a larger network that crosses the bloc’s borders with impunity.
As EU interior ministers meet in Brussels on Thursday afternoon to assess counter-terrorism and airport security after explosions at the airport and a subway station left 31 dead and about 300 injured, authorities are trying to piece together the Europe-wide links that connect this week’s atrocity to the bombings in France last year and plots for further attacks.