President Duda offers condolences to families of Brussels attacks victims
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Following explosions at an airport and a metro station in the capital of Belgium, in which at least 26 people were killed and several dozens injured, including three Poles, the president of Poland, Andrzej Duda, wrote on twitter that "war on terror is our common duty" and he offered his condolences to the families of the victims of the attacks.
Shortly after the news of the terror acts had emerged, Beata Szydło, Poland's Prime Minister, announced a meeting of the Government Security Council.
"The most important thing is the security of Polish citizens," Szydło said. "Our thoughts are in Brussels and we pray for the victims."
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. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs advised against traveling to Brussels.
President of the European Council, Donald Tusk, said in a statement that he is "appalled by the bombings this morning at Zaventem airport and the European district in Brussels which have cost several innocent lives and injured many others."
"I extend my sincerest sympathies to the relatives and friends of the victims. These attacks mark another low by the terrorists in the service of hatred and violence," the statement read.
