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The attacks occurred four days after the capture of Salah Abdeslam, who is a suspect in the Paris attacks on Nov. 13.
These are the three men police suspect of carrying out the bombing Brussels airport - and one is still on the run, it was claimed today.
The trio were apparently captured on CCTV in the minutes before 14 people died and dozens more were maimed in the check-in area.
Belgian media said the two men on the left had blown themselves up and the third suspect, wearing a hat, is believed to have left a nail bomb and fled, according to De Standaard.
It is not known if the fugitive then sped to Maelbeek station to carry out the blast that killed 20 people in a subway train just 79 minutes later.
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Bloodied passengers running for their lives after deadly blasts ripped through the departures hall.
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| The image above is being used by the Belgian media who claim this is the damage caused by the bomb at the Maelbeek Metro station in central Brussels this morning. It has not been verified by the authorities but is being widely circulated on social media. Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3504151/Armed-police-arrest-two-men-hunt-Brussels-terrorists-Security-services-CCTV-airport-suicide-killer-captured-bombs-detonated.html#ixzz43eLXVB2v Follow us: @MailOnline on Twitter | DailyMail on Facebook |
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| Obliterated: Ceiling tiles and debris are littered across the floor of the terminal building after twins blast rocked the check-in area Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3504151/Armed-police-arrest-two-men-hunt-Brussels-terrorists-Security-services-CCTV-airport-suicide-killer-captured-bombs-detonated.html#ixzz43eLn4Sjc Follow us: @MailOnline on Twitter | DailyMail on Facebook |
Terror attack believed to be 'revenge' for arrest of Europe's most wanted man... but was Belgian bloodbath triggered EARLY because fanatics feared he would betray them?
Metro carnage: Terrified passengers flee for their lives after blast at Brussels station leaves 20 dead and dozens injured
The Belgian capital was put on maximum terrorism alert and public transportation was shut down throughout the city.
It's a shocking turn of events, but for anyone closely observing the city over the past few years, it wasn't exactly a surprise: While the Belgian capital had once been known best as a center for European culture and politics, its reputation had been tainted recently because of links to extremism and terror plots.
Those links were hammered home just last week, when Belgian authorities finally captured terrorism suspect Salah Abdeslam in Brussels's predominantly Muslim Molenbeek quarter. Abdeslam, 26, was the last known surviving participant in November's attacks in Paris that left 130 people dead and were later claimed by the Islamic State. Abdeslam was a French citizen of Moroccan descent, but he had been born in Brussels and later lived there in Molenbeek with his family — including a 31-year-old brother, Brahim, who blew himself up in the Paris attacks.
Much of the attention in the aftermath of the Parisian attacks last year focused on French problems such as disenfranchisement and segregation in suburbs and radicalization in the country's prison system. However, it soon became clear that Belgium may suffer from even worse problems.
Molenbeek, an area of northwest Brussels home to around 100,000 people, has emerged as a particular area of concern. “There is almost always a link with Molenbeek," Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel said last November. "That’s a gigantic problem of course."