Belgium's government approved special help for terror victims Friday, as the country prepares to mark the first anniversary of deadly Islamic State-claimed attacks in Brussels which killed 32 people. Under the proposed "national solidarity" law, victims will get financial and medical aid linked to the seriousness of their injuries, a statement said.
Belgians and residents classified as "having suffered injury, physical or mental, as a result of a terrorist act" will benefit, it said.
The attacks on the Brussels metro and its busy airport on March 22 last year by home-grown jihadists left hundreds of people injured, many of them seriously and who now require long term health care and rehabilitation.
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