US intelligence officials say they weren’t surprised by an attack in Brussels because there have been general concerns about terror threats, particularly after recent raids and the arrest of key Paris attack suspect Saleh Abdeslam last week.
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US State Department has warned US citizens of potential risks of travelling to Europe after March 22 terrorist attacks in Brussels.
He then managed to get through three police checks on his way out of France on the night of the attacks.
The three terrorists at the Brussels airport who were captured by surveillance footage have been identified, Belgian media reported on Wednesday. Two have dark hair and were both wearing a glove on only one hand, and a third, being hunted by Belgian police, is wearing a hat and a white coat.
A photograph released by investigators shows the three suspects side-by-side.
He said searches were taking place “in several parts of the country”, adding that an explosive device containing nails, chemical products and an Isis flag were found in an apartment in the Schaerbeek area of Brussels.
Shortly after the airport blasts there was a further explosion at Maelbeek metro station, one of the closest to the headquarters of the European Union.
Belgian state broadcaster RTBF, citing a police source, reported that Khalid and Ibrahim El-Bakraoui were the two black-clad bombers who blew themselves up in the airport’s departure hall, killing at least 14 people.
It was during that raid that police found a fingerprint of Salah Abdeslam, the main suspect in the Paris terror attacks of 13 November.
The Belgian-Moroccan extremist is thought to have orchestrated the Paris attacks.
Offering his support to Belgium, Cameron said the attacks on Brussels could just as easily have been on London and it is now time for everyone to stand together “against these appalling terrorists”.
She was reportedly killed at the airport as she was waiting for a flight with her Belgian husband, Christophe Delcambe, and their twin four-year-old daughters Maureen and Alondra.
There were also “around 10 killed at the Maalbeek metro station where there was an enormous explosion”, he said.
Worldwide leaders united in support for Belgium, with Mr Cameron branding the atrocities “appalling” and US President Barack Obama condemning the “outrageous attacks against innocent people”.
Laachraoui was named earlier in the week by police as a wanted accomplice of Abdeslam.
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Najim Laachraoui, age 24, was identified as the third suspect in Tuesday’s terror attacks in Brussels. Isis has said it was behind the attacks.
