The latest on Brussels airport twin blasts:

19.08 Three Days of Mourning Declared in Belgium After Deadly Terrorist Attacks

Belgian officials have called for three days of national mourning after the deadly terrorist attacks in Brussels took the lives of at least 34 people and wounded nearly 200 others.

16:50 Over 150 Injured in Brussels Attacks: 73 in Metro Blast and 81 at Airport, AzVision.az reports citing Russian media.

The overall number of injured in the Brussels terror attacks has reached 150 people.

The number of injuried following Tuesday`s attacks in Brussels stands at 150, Le Soir reported.

A total of 73 people were injured in the metro attack, ten of whom are currently in critical condition, while 81 people sustained injuries in the airport blasts, according to the local newspaper.

At least 34 people were killed in terrorist attacks in Brussels — 20 in its metro and 14 at the city`s airport.

16:02 Associated Press reports that the explosions at the Brussels airport and subway killed at least 28 people.

“A spokesman for the Brussels Metro said 15 people were killed and 55 injured in an explosion on a train, and Belgian media reported at least 13 dead in two explosions at the airport, with many others injured,” AP has said.

Belgium raised its terror alert to the highest level, diverting planes and trains and ordering people to stay where they were.

14:43 Eleven people died in the twin blasts at Brussels airport, and at least 10 were killed at the metro station explosion, Sky News has reported citing Brussels fire brigade spokesman Pierre Meys.

13:40 Up to 13 people were killed and a further 35 wounded in the blasts at the Brussels airport, and at least 10 commuters were killed in an underground blast in the city, Sky News reports citing Belgian public broadcaster VRT.


13:27 The explosions that killed at least 10 people on Tuesday were carried out by a suicide bomber, Belgian broadcaster VRT reports.



13:14 According to an official communique from the Belgian government, the Brussels airport explosions are being considered a terrorist attack.

​​The blasts in Brussels come just days after Salah Abdeslam, the mastermind behind the November Paris Attacks, was arrested in Belgium.

Belgian intelligence had advance knowledge of plans to carry out terrorist attacks in the country but was unaware of their time or location, the French BFMTV reported Tuesday, citing police sources.

12:59 An explosion has occurred at a subway station in Molenbeek, Brussels, CNN reports citing its affiliate RTL.

Reportedly, the station is located near the European quarter.


12:49 The blasts at the Brussels airport killed at least 17 people and injured 30 others, reports Reuters.

Another blast struck a metro station in the capital shortly afterwards, the report cited the Belgian public broadcaster RTBF.

RTBF said the metro station hit by the explosion was close to European Union institutions.

Authorities closed all metro stations in Brussels, but there were no details immediately available of any casualties in this second incident of the day.

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Brussels has been hit by a third blast, shortly after two explosions rocked the city`s Zaventem Airport.

12:23 At least 10 people have been killed and several injured after the two explosions at Zaventem Airport in Brussels, Sky News has reported.

Sky News has also said that there were fresh reports of an explosion at Maalbeek metro station in the city.

12:00 Associated Press reports citing Belgian police that at least one person was killed in the explosions at the Brussels airport.

“One person has died and perhaps there are several more,” AP cited a police official as saying.

Sky News reports that the blasts centred on an American Airlines desk in a departure hall.




11:46 The explosion rocked the check-in zone of Brussels Airport, killing “several” people and leaving multiple others wounded, NBC News has reported citing officials.

The blast shook the departures hall shortly after 08:00 local time, according to the report.

“There was an explosion … there are several dead and wounded but we can`t say how many at this point," a federal police spokesman said.

A security source told NBC News the explosion happened near check-in desk four but it was not immediately clear if terrorism was involved.



Several people were injured at the departure hall of the Brussels airport, said Sputnik International.

11:30 Twin explosions have been heard at the Zaventem airport in Brussels, Belgium, reports Sputnik International. The cause of the explosions is so far unknown.

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