Airport Suicide Bombers Were Brothers - Reports
The pair have been named by Belgian media as
Khalid and Ibrahim El Bakraoui.
Although previously known to police this was
for organised crime rather than terrorism.
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Khalid had rented under a false identity the
house raided by police last week, in an operation that led to the arrest of Paris attacks suspect Salah Abdeslam.
The details of
the attackers came as a major manhunt continued for their accomplice, who went on the
run after his device apparently failed to explode.
He has been named as Najim Lacchraoui, who has been
identified by French police as the chief bombmaker for the Paris attacks last
November.
CCTV footage taken in the moments before the
twin blasts at Zaventem Airport, which left at least 14 people dead, showed two
of the three men wearing single gloves to conceal detonators.
The explosives were contained in their luggage
and detonated before reaching the security gate, according to Zaventem's mayor.
Investigators were tipped off by police by a
taxi driver who had driven three "suspicious" individuals to the
airport - and was told not to touch their luggage upon arrival.
He directed police to the house where he
had picked them up in the Brussels suburb of Schaerbeek.
Inside the
property detectives found a nail bomb,
chemical products and an Islamic State flag.
Belgian is continuing to mourn following the
airport attack and the subsequent explosion on a tube train at Maelbeek
Metro station, which killed a further 20 people.
:: In the UK, anyone affected or concerned about others caught up in
the attacks can call +442070080000.
:: The Belgian Crisis Centre has also set up a helpline for people
calling from outside Belgium: +3278151771. Those in Belgium are asked to call
1771.
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