A mother-of-two has been named as the first victim of the Brussels terror attacks, which killed at least 34 people and injured nearly 200 on Tuesday.
Adelma Tapia Ruiz, 36, a Peruvian national who had lived in Belgium for nine years, was on her the way to visit relatives in New York with her daughters when she in the twin blasts at Zaventem airport.
Ms Tapia's three-year-old twins Maureen and Alondra, and her Belgian husband Christopher Delcambe, survived the attack, as the young girls had run off to play, followed by their father, just moments before the bombs went off.
Victim: Adelma Tapia Ruiz, 36, died in the terrorist attack in Brussels on Tuesday, while her three-year-old twins Maureen and Alondra, and her Belgian husband Christopher Delcambe, survived
Ms Tapia Ruiz, who had lived in Belgium for nine years, was on her the way to visit relatives in New York with her twin daughters when she died in the bombing at Brussels airport
One of the twins, Maureen suffered shrapnel wounds in one arm, while Mr Delcambe, who was seeing off his wife and daughters at the check-in desk, was also injured.
Ms Tapia's brother, Fernando Tapia Coral, said she was travelling alone with the twins to meet their mother and sister in New York.
'The girls had been playing, and Christopher followed them out of the gate area when the explosion occurred suddenly. Christopher couldn't find Adelma,' Mr Tapia Coral told the New York Times.
Ms Tapia, originally from Pucallpa in Peru, was working as a chef and had planned on opening a Peruvian restaurant in Brussels after studying marketing in the city.
Injured: One of the couple's twin girls, Maureen, suffered shrapnel wounds in the blast and has been hospitalised alongside their father, who was also injured in the attack
Ms Tapia was the first named victim of the terror attack on Tuesday morning, which reportedly killed at least 34 people and injured more than 200
Saved: Maureen and Alondra had reportedly run off to play, and had been followed by their father, at the time the suicide bombers detonated their explosives
Broken dreams: Trained chef Ms Tapia, originally from Pucallpa in Peru, was planning on opening a Peruvian restaurant in Brussels
She was the first named victim of the attacks on the Belgian capital, home to the European Union institutions and NATO, which reportedly killed at least 34 people.
The number of injured in the twin bombings at Zaventem Airport and the explosion at Maelbeek Metro station rose to more than 200 wounded on Wednesday.
ISIS claimed responsibility for the Brussels bombings,which appear to have close connection to November's attack in Paris.
Some 40 different nationalities are believed to be represented among those injured or killed the bombings, Belgian Foreign Minister Didier Reynders said today.
The Italian Foreign Ministry has reported one dead Italian national, but has not yet released the identity of the victim.
The number of injured in the twin bombings at Zaventem Airport (pictured) and the explosion at Maelbeek Metro station rose to more than 200 wounded today
Article Credit: Daily Mail
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