2017 Brussels-Central bombing

2017 Brussels-Central bombing
Part of Islamic terrorism in Europe
Brussels-Central railway station in 2010
Location	Brussels-Central railway station in Brussels, Belgium
Coordinates	50°50′43″N 4°21′24″E / 50.8454°N 4.3568°E / 50.8454; 4.3568
Date	20 June 2017; 7 years ago (2017-06-20) 20:45 (UTC+2)
Target	Civilians
Attack type	Bombing
Weapons	Explosives
Deaths	1 (the attacker)
Injured	0
Perpetrator	Oussama Zariouh
Motive	Islamic extremism

On 20 June 2017, a terrorist bomb caused a small explosion at Brussels-Central railway station in Brussels, Belgium; there were no casualties. Soldiers patrolling the station subsequently killed the suspect with three to four shots, according to eyewitnesses. The perpetrator was Oussama Zariouh, a 36-year-old Moroccan national who lived in the Molenbeek municipality and who had assembled a defective explosive device.