این انفجار در بیرون ساختمان موسسه جرم شناسی در شمال بروکسل رخ داد. بر پایه این گزارش، یک خودرو بمبگذاری شده باعث این انفجار بود.
در زمان وقوع انفجار، ساختمان خالی بوده و تاکنونی گزارشی از مجروحان این حادثه اعلام نشده است. هنوز مشخص نیست چه فرد یا افرادی این خودرو را هدایت می کردند و عاملان این انفجار چه کسانی هستند.
Damage can be seen at the building of the National Criminology Lab in Brussels on Monday, Aug. 29, 2016. Belgian media reported an explosion rocked the building in the early hours of Monday, the cause was not immediately known. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)
Damage can be seen at the building of the National Criminology Lab in Brussels on Monday, Aug. 29, 2016. Belgian media reported an explosion rocked the building in the early hours of Monday, the cause was not immediately known. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)
Police officers arrive at the National Institute for Criminalistics and Criminology (INCC-NICC) where an explosion took place early on August 29, 2016, in Neder-Over-Heembeek. An explosion at a criminology institute in Brussels early on August 29, 2016, has caused major damage but no casualties, prosecutors and the fire service said. A car broke through three fences and was detonated close to the institute’s laboratories causing a violent fire, according to Belgian medias. / AFP / Belga / THIERRY ROGE / Belgium OUT (Photo credit should read THIERRY ROGE/AFP/Getty Images)
Forensics enter the National Institute for Criminalistics and Criminology (INCC-NICC) to inspect the site of an explosion that happened early on August 29, 2016, in Neder-Over-Heembeek. An explosion at a criminology institute in Brussels, early on August 29, 2016, has caused major damage but no casualties, prosecutors and the fire service said. A car broke through three fences and was detonated close to the institute’s laboratories causing a violent fire, according to Belgian medias. / AFP / Belga / THIERRY ROGE / Belgium OUT (Photo credit should read THIERRY ROGE/AFP/Getty Images)
Forensics enter the National Institute for Criminalistics and Criminology (INCC-NICC) to inspect the site of an explosion that happened early on August 29, 2016, in Neder-Over-Heembeek. An explosion at a criminology institute in Brussels, early on August 29, 2016, has caused major damage but no casualties, prosecutors and the fire service said. A car broke through three fences and was detonated close to the institute’s laboratories causing a violent fire, according to Belgian medias. / AFP / Belga / THIERRY ROGE / Belgium OUT (Photo credit should read THIERRY ROGE/AFP/Getty Images)