On 22 March 2016 at 09:11 CET, an explosion took place at / station. The bomb exploded from the second carriage of a four carriage train as it started leaving the station and heading in the direction of &lt;a href="Arts-Loi/Kunst-Wet%20metro%20station"&gt;Arts-Loi/Kunst-Wet&lt;/a&gt;. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant released a statement claiming responsibility for the attack and branding Belgium a participant in the ongoing military intervention against ISIL. The suicide attack took place about an hour after the bombings took place in Brussels Airport. The Flemish radio and television organisation VRT officially reported 20 people were killed at the metro station, with 106 injured.