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Several Americans missing after Brussels attacks

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CBS News March 23, 2016, 9:57 AM

Several Americans missing after Brussels attacks

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Last Updated Mar 23, 2016 11:25 AM EDT

BRUSSELS -- A brother and sister who had been living in New York were among those missing following the terrorist attacks in Brussels, Belgium, Dutch media reported.
Sascha and Alexander Pinczowski have family in the Netherlands but have been living in New York, CBS New York reports.
Many have been posting about their disappearance on social media.
They were reportedly on the phone with their mother when she heard an explosion and the phone call disconnected.

Alexander and Sascha Pinczowski were reportedly missing following the terrorist attacks in Brussels, Belgium, March 22, 2016.

A couple with ties to Kentucky, Stephanie and Justin Shults, was also missing. Betty Gragg-Newsome told CBS Lexington affiliate WKYT-TV that her sister, Carolyn Moore, was in Brussels to visit them.

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Moore was with Stephanie, her daughter, when the bombs went off at the Brussels airport at Zaventem.
"My husband called the American Embassy, and they're looking for her too," Moore told Belgian broadcaster RTL.
The State Department said it does not know of any Americans killed in the Brussels attacks.
The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, or ISIS, claimed responsibility for attacks in Brussels that killed at least 31 people and injured 270 others.

A young girl lights a candle at the Place de la Bourse following attacks in Brussels, Belgium, on March 22, 2016.

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In the middle of a busy morning rush hour, two explosions hit the Brussels airport and a third struck in the city's Maelbeek metro station, which is near the U.S. Embassy and European Union headquarters.
So far, three men have been identified as possible suspects in the airport bombing. Authorities in Belgium said two men in a photo issued by police were "probably" suicide bombers while a third is being sought.
Federal police have issued a wanted notice for a man seen wearing a thick light-colored jacket with a black hat and glasses. They are urging the public to call them if they recognize the man.