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- ↑ "Attentats à Bruxelles: l'ex-basketteur international Sébastien Bellin opéré, il a toujours des éclats dans la jambe et la hanche". sudinfo.
- ↑ "Sebastian Bellin suffered severe leg injuries while standing in line at a check-in counter at Zaventem airport". The Guardian . 23 March 2016.
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