Trial of the Brussels attacks: “Every day, I felt like I was taking people to the slaughterhouse”

Christian Delhasse, driver of the Maelbeek metro, remains a prisoner in the tunnel in which the attack kept him. On March 23, 2016, he was already back at work.

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By Arthur Sente

Published on 03/15/2023 at 18:55
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Lhe attacks have changed the lives of many families. In particular that of a very “large family”, which at least qualifies as such. The Stib, the largest employer in Brussels, quite logically became a civil party in this trial. As the part of the testimonies relating to the victims of Zaventem ended at the end of the morning this Wednesday, three members of the staff of the public transport company were the first to mention the consequences left by the Maelbeek attack.

Among them, a central figure in the case. Christian Delhasse, 30 years of experience behind him, was driving the metro on March 22, 2016, which Khalid El Bakraoui shattered, setting off his bomb in the second car.

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