A Scots mum-of-three told last night how she fled from Brussels Central Station in fear after getting caught up in the latest terror attack .
Rozina Spinnoy, 45, from Giffnock , was at the station when she was forced to flee after hearing gunshots.
She said: “At around 9pm I went down to Central Station to go home. The next thing I saw two policemen coming towards me and telling me in French to ‘get out, get out and go up the stairs.’
“There were army trucks coming and sirens blaring and this was obviously just after the bomb had gone off and shots were fired so then it was chaos.
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“Outside some people were crying and could not hide their panic. I was desperate to get away and taxi drivers were taking in as many people as they could. I just kept thinking I wanted to get out of here and home to my three kids. There is nothing like a crowd to attract a bigger crowd so people were still gathering.”
Rozina, who is married to a Belgian and lives in Brussels where she is managing director of the Belgium Design Council, said: “Someone said to me it was a bomb and gunfire and I thought ‘oh my god’ What happened a year ago on March 22 here came back to me because I knew people close to me who were affected by it. The police said they neutralised the man and officially they are not saying if he is dead or alive but I’m hearing he is dead and that he had a nail bomb.
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“Since the bombs happened here on March 22 last year it has became the norm to have army here.
“I’m still in shock. I’m so glad I’m home.”
Rosina also took to Facebook to thank a local taxi driver who helped her get home.
She said: “I’m shaken but have never felt so incredibly grateful to be home and safe now, thanks to Zachariah a super kind Taxi Driver letting me jump into his Taxi with other people from the Gare Central craziness that we just experienced.
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“I naively walk into the station from Ravenstein entrance without thinking twice until I realised no one was there ..and police were shouting at me in French to get out. The army and police were coming from all angles and there was no metro. I was hearing from people shots were fired and bangs were being heard. Thank you Zachariah for bringing me and others home.”