Brussels is remembering on Wednesday the victims of its airport and metro attacks, exactly one year after ISIL suicide bombers struck, killing 32 people.<br /><br /> Belgium’s King Philippe led commemorations, beginning with a sombre ceremony at Zaventem airport.<br /><br /> The names of the 16 people killed there were read out and a minute’s silence was observed.<br /><br /> Representatives from the emergency services, relatives of the dead, survivers and staff took part.<br /><br /> Ceremonies continued at Maelbeek Metro Station where a second suicide attack took place on March 22, 2016, also killing 16 people.<br /><br /> The bloodshed in Brussels came four months after ISIL bombings and shootings in Paris that left <br />130 people dead.<br /><br /> Both sets of attacks were carried out by related cells of young Muslims, some of whom had returned from fighting in Syria.<br /><br /> Since then, Belgium has remained on high alert as it tries to curtail threats both at home and from militants who may return from the Middle East.<br />
