Following the terrorist attacks that broke out in Belgium on Tuesday, the Belgian national soccer team has opted to cancel its training session.
According to multiple reports, there were at least three blasts on Tuesday, one which occurred at an airport and two at a train station. The explosions killed up to 31 people, according to a tweet by the Associated Press.
(Updates death toll to 31): Bombs strike the Brussels airport and a subway station, killing at least 31: https://t.co/5s33WcHilC
— The Associated Press (@AP) March 22, 2016
In the wake of the attacks, the Belgian national team chose to cancel its scheduled training session, according to TMZ Sports.
"Our thoughts with the victims," the team wrote in a tweet. "Football is unimportant today. Training canceled."
On top of the death toll, over 170 people were injured in the blasts. The suspects are unknown at this time, but officials are working on trying to uncover who is behind the attacks.
The national club is slated to battle Portugal in Brussels next Tuesday in a friendly, and the match is still expected to play out as planned, TMZ reports.
It was a dark, crazy day, recalled one witness to the bomb that went off in the airport.
"People were crying, shouting, children. It was a horrible experience," witness Marc Noel, a Belgian who lives in Raleigh, N.C., told The Associated Press while describing the horrible situation.
Noel, a 63-year-old entrepreneur, said he would have been in the spot where the airport bomb went off had he not stopped to purchase some magazines for the flight.
"I don't want to think about it, but I would probably have been in that place when the bomb went off," Noel told AP. "This feel likes war -- fire engines, police everywhere."
#tousensemble, our thoughts are with the victims. Football is not important today. Training cancelled. — BelgianRedDevils (@BelRedDevils) March 22, 2016
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