BELGIUM SAID TODAY that the death toll from the March 22 Brussels attacks had risen to 35.

So far, 28 people have been formally identified.

Details are sketchy in some cases, as the authorities have withheld names out of respect for families, and there may be some instances of dual nationalities.

Another 340 people were injured in the attacks by three suicide bombers claimed by the Islamic State group.

United States: Four people lost their lives

The US State Department confirmed the deaths of two more Americans today, bringing the total to four.

An American couple who had been reported missing, Justin and Stephanie Shults, were confirmed dead by an employer and family on Saturday.

Belgium: Three people 

Belgian student Bart Migom, 21, had been travelling to see his American girlfriend in the United States when he was killed at Brussels airport, his college confirmed.

Civil servant Olivier Delespesse, and 20-year-old law student Leopold Hecht were reportedly killed in the metro blast.

Netherlands: Two people

Sascha and Alexander Pinczowski, Dutch siblings who had been living in New York, were preparing to board a plane home when two suicide bombers struck at Zaventem airport.

Britain: One person

Computer programmer David Dixon, a 51-year-old Brussels resident, had texted his aunt to reassure her he was safe after the airport blasts.

But he went missing and media reports said he appeared to have been on the metro when a suicide bomber struck.

The British government says seven other Britons were injured

China: One person

This is according to the Chinese embassy.

France: One person

The French government says one Frenchman was killed and 12 other nationals were injured.

Italy: One person

Patricia Rizzo, 48, had been working in Brussels for several months for the European Research Council Executive Agency (ERCEA) and was killed in the metro explosion.

Germany: One person

A German citizen was among the dead, according to police.

Liberia: One person

The Liberian foreign ministry identified the fatality as Elita Borbor Weah, who was based in the Netherlands.

Dutch media previously identified her as a Dutch national aged 41, who was travelling to her stepfather’s funeral in the United States.

Morocco: One person

A Moroccan citizen was also among the dead in the metro, Moroccan news agency MAP says.

Spain: One person

Madrid confirmed the death of Jennifer Garcia Scintu, 29, a Spanish woman with Italian and German nationality, who was reportedly on her way to New York with her German husband Lars. El Pais newspaper suggested she could be the German victim.

Sweden: One person

Sweden said a Swedish woman in her 60s was among those killed at Zaventem airport.

Peru: One person

Adelma Marina Tapia Ruiz, 37, a Belgian resident, was the first fatality to be identified in the airport attack.

Her husband and twin daughters had a miraculously lucky escape as he had run off after them as they played.

- © AFP, 2016

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