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Belgium Cancel Training Session After Brussels Airport and Metro Attacks

Belgium's national team have cancelled their Tuesday training session following a series of explosions at Brussels airport and the Maalbeek metro station in the centre of the Belgian city.

According to French news agency AFP, at least 21 people were killed in the blasts, prompting the Belgium national side to pay their respects:

#tousensemble, our thoughts are with the victims. Football is not important today. Training cancelled.

— BelgianRedDevils (@BelRedDevils) March 22, 2016

Tottenham Hotspur's Jan Vertonghen expressed his dismay upon hearing news of the tragedy:

Can't believe I'm reading these things again.