Two siblings based in New York confirmed killed in Belgian bombings


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  • Saturday, 26 Mar 2016

Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan addresses the media during a news conference with Romania's President Klaus Iohannis (not seen) in Ankara, Turkey, March 23, 2016. REUTERS/Murat Cetinmuhurdar/Presidential Palace Press Office/Handout via Reuters

(Reuters) - Two Dutch siblings who lived in New York have been identified as among those killed in suicide bombings that rocked Brussels this week, family and friends said on Friday, while U.S. officials said two Americans were killed in the blasts.

Alexander and Sascha Pinczowski, a brother and sister who were citizens of the Netherlands, were confirmed dead, according to a family statement released by James P. Cain, a former U.S. ambassador to Denmark. His daughter was engaged to be married to Alexander Pinczowski.

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