More names are emerging of some of
the hundreds of people killed, injured, or missing following Tuesday's
terror attacks in Brussels.
At least 31 people died in the three bomb attacks at Brussels airport and Maelbeek metro station and many more were injured.
The
casualties came from a wide variety of countries including, Belgium,
Colombia, Ecuador, France, Germany, Britain, Hungary, Portugal, Romani
a,
Spain and the US.
Police say the task of identifying the dead in
the attacks has been slowed down by the violence of the explosions and
because there were so many foreigners.
A page has been set up on the collaborative website Trello to identify those killed, missing and injured. A Facebook page has also been set up.
Adelma Tapia Ruiz, 37, killed
The
first fatality to be confirmed was that of 37-year-old Peruvian Adelma
Tapia Ruiz. Ms Tapia was killed at the airport, where she was with her
Belgian husband, Christophe Delcambe, and their twin four-year-old
daughters Maureen and Alondra, who all survived.
Ms Tapia's
brother, Fernando Tapia Coral, said in an interview that Mr Delcambe
followed his daughters outside the gate area shortly before the
explosion and could not find his wife after the blast.
Mr Delcambe was reportedly injured while Maureen had shrapnel wounds in one arm. Alondra was not injured, reports said.

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