Western leaders vow to destroy IS as Brussels hunkers down
- 9 years ago
Western leaders stepped up the rhetoric against the Islamic State group on Sunday as residents of the Belgian capital awoke to largely empty streets and the city entered its second day under the highest threat level.
With a menace of Paris-style attacks against Brussels and a missing suspect in the deadly Nov. 13 attacks in France last spotted crossing into Belgium, the city kept subways and underground trams closed for a second day.
Western leaders, meanwhile, vowed to stand up to IS, which has claimed responsibility for the attacks in Paris that killed 130 people and wounded hundreds more, the suicide bombings in Beirut that killed 43 people and injured more than 200, and the downing of the Russian airline carrying 224 people in Sinai.
All happened within the past month.
With a menace of Paris-style attacks against Brussels and a missing suspect in the deadly Nov. 13 attacks in France last spotted crossing into Belgium, the city kept subways and underground trams closed for a second day.
Western leaders, meanwhile, vowed to stand up to IS, which has claimed responsibility for the attacks in Paris that killed 130 people and wounded hundreds more, the suicide bombings in Beirut that killed 43 people and injured more than 200, and the downing of the Russian airline carrying 224 people in Sinai.
All happened within the past month.