Surveillance footage captured shortly before the blast this morning shows the pair, both of whom are wearing gloves covering their left hands, pushing suitcase trolleys laden with luggage.
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In police raids Tuesday across Belgium, authorities later found a nail-filled bomb, chemical products and an Islamic State flag in a house in the Schaerbeek neighborhood, the state prosecutors’ office said in a statement.
Raids: Police raids connected to Tuesday’s attacks were happening in the Brussels region, with authorities looking for suspects linked to the explosions, Belgian broadcaster RTBF reported, citing judicial sources.
34 people were killed and 230 were wounded following bomb attacks in the Belgian capital of Brussels on Tuesday.
A communique that was published in Arabic and French also threatens other countries in the anti-Islamic State coalition with “dark days”, according to the SITE Intelligence Group, which monitors jihadi websites.
Multiple explosions at Brussels’ airport and at a downtown metro stop rocked the city Tuesday.
Belgium launched a huge manhunt after bombings claimed by the Islamic State group ripped through Brussels airport and a metro train, killing around 35 people.
“It is urgent to adopt the European PNR”, Valls said.
The attacks sent shockwaves across Europe and around the world, with authorities racing to review security at airports and on public transport, and rekindled debate about European security cooperation and police methods.
Belgian media have identified Najim Laachraoui as one of the suspects caught on a CCTV image moments … Those attacks killed 130 people and terrified Europe.
Abdeslam – the last survivor of the suspected 10-member jihadist gang directly involved in the Paris attacks – was shot in the leg during his arrest, and transferred to a maximum-security prison unit in the scenic city of Bruges.
“The Belgians have been sitting on a ticking time bomb”, one US counterterrorism official said.
It also underscores doubts about how Belgium has allowed extremism to develop unchecked, coming days after key Paris attacks suspect Salah Abdeslam was arrested in Brussels following four months on the run. The Abdeslam family is of Moroccan origin and hails from Molenbeek which is home to a large immigrant community.
European Union interior ministers are expected to meet on Thursday or Friday in response to the attacks, according to an European Union official, who added that the meeting depends in part on when the airport reopens.
Landmarks from the Eiffel Tower in Paris to Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate were lit up in the black, yellow and red of Belgium’s national flag in solidarity.
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Australia’s Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said Europe had “allowed security to slip”, questioning the wisdom of EU’s Schengen passport-free zone, while the United States warned citizens about the “potential risks” of travelling in Europe. But government spokeswoman Olga Gerovasili said there were no additional security measures being taken for refugees and migrants following the attacks in Belgium.
