Chaos prevailed at Brussels international airport and a metro station after three deadly blasts, killing at least 34 people in apparently coordinated strikes four days after a key suspect in last year’s Paris attacks was arrested in the city.
Passengers were seen fleeing the terminal. Islamic State later claimed responsibility for the Brussels attack. Two blasts targeted the main hall of Zaventem Airport at 8am (0700 GMT), and another went off at the Maalbeek metro station near the European Union’s main buildings while commuters were making their way to work in rush hour.
Authorities confirmed the involvement of a suicide bomber in the attack at the airport.
Twenty people died at the metro station and another 14 at the airport, Belgium’s public broadcaster RTBF reported. Belgian media reports put the number of injured at 130.
