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A security worker at a Belgian nuclear site which has been reportedly been targeted by terrorists has been killed, according to local media.

He has also had his access badge for Doel nuclear plant, in the city of Charleroi, stolen.

The report, which comes from Derniere Heure, claims the worker was walking his dog when the attack happened. He was reportedly shot dead.

It is claimed that the worker was killed two days after Islamic State terrorists struck in Brussels, killing at least 31 and injuring more than 270 in attacks at an airport and the metro on Tuesday.

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Charleroi is located 50km from the terror-hit Belgian capital.

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The same paper has previously claimed this week that Khalid and Ibrahim El Bakraoui, two of the suicide bombers involved in the atrocity, were planning a terror attack at the nuclear site.

As a result, the nuclear plant has stepped up its security.

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These claims have not been confirmed by the authorities however.

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Following the Brussels terror attacks, ISIS claimed responsibility.

A statement read: "Islamic fighters carried out a series of bombings with explosive belts and devices on Tuesday, targeting an airport and a central metro station in the center of the Belgian capital Brussels, a country participating in the international coalition against the Islamic State.

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"Islamic State fighters opened fire inside Zaventem Airport, before several of them detonated their explosive belts, as a martyrdom bomber detonated his explosive belt in the Maalbeek metro station."

Since the attacks, Home Secretary Theresa May has held crunch Brussels talks with EU interior ministers.

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The Tory Minister said the UK will offer Belgium “the support it needs” following the attacks.

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Speaking as she arrived at the emergency meeting she said Britain “stands ready to support Belgium in any way it can to unite to defeat these terrorists”.