Bomb explodes at Brussels criminology institute, no casualties

The building was empty and no one was wounded


Reuters August 29, 2016
A Belgian police officer patrols near an apartment building in the Brussels district of Schaerbeek, Belgium, May 19, 2016. PHOTO: REUTERS

A bomb exploded at the Brussels Institute of Criminology in the north of Brussels on Monday but the building was empty and no one was wounded, broadcaster RTL said.

A car rammed through the barriers at about 3 a.m. local time and one or more attackers exploded a bomb near the laboratories which caught fire, RTL said.

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