Security at Polish airports stepped up after Brussels blasts
PR dla Zagranicy
Paweł Kononczuk
22.03.2016 11:27
Security at Polish airports was stepped up and the prime minister announced a meeting of the Government Security Centre on Tuesday after two explosions at Brussels' Zaventem airport and a blast at a metro station in the Belgian capital.
PM Beata Szydło. Photo: PAP/Radek Pietruszka
Belgian media said the Brussels airport explosions were a suicide attack, adding that 13 people had been killed.
Polish President Andrzej Duda tweeted that "war on terror is our common duty."
Announcing a meeting of the Government Security Centre, Prime Minister Beata Szydło said: "The most important thing is the security of Polish citizens.”
Extra border guards with dogs and plain-clothes officers have been deployed to patrol Polish airports, said Agnieszka Golias, a spokeswoman for Poland’s border guard service.
She urged travellers to watch out for any unattended baggage.
President Andrzej Duda tweeted: "I am shocked by reports of attacks in Brussels. War on terror is our common duty. Condolences to the families of the victims."
Earlier, LOT Polish Airlines diverted a flight from Warsaw bound for the Belgian capital to Dusseldorf in Germany, following the explosions.
The foreign ministry in Warsaw is checking whether any Poles were caught up in the blasts.
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Source: PAP