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Minute's silence at Football League games in tribute to Brussels victims

The Arch was red, yellow and black on Wednesday night
Image: The Arch was red, yellow and black on Wednesday night

A minute's silence will be held before all Football League games on Friday and Saturday to pay tribute to the victims of the Brussels terrorist attacks.

Attacks at Zaventem airport and Maalbeek metro station in the Belgian capital on Tuesday left at least 31 people dead and around 270 injured.

A minute's silence was held in Belgium on Wednesday, and the country is observing three days of national mourning.

The Football Association paid its respects on Wednesday night by lighting up Wembley Stadium's arch in the colours of Belgium's flag.

Other landmark buildings and structures, including the London Eye, the National Gallery in Trafalgar Square, Belfast City Hall and Liverpool's St George's Hall were lit in Belgium's national colours.

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