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| Brussels Airport explosions: Video shows aftermath of deadly blasts in terminal building | |
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| Video footage has emerged showing people running away from Brussels Airport after explosions were heard in the terminal building on Tuesday morning. | Video footage has emerged showing people running away from Brussels Airport after explosions were heard in the terminal building on Tuesday morning. |
| According to witnesses, two blasts took place in the departure hall of the Belgium airport, with one occurring near the American Airlines check-in area and another near the Brussels Airlines desk. | |
| The cause of the explosions is not yet known. | |
| Shortly after the airport explosion took place at 8am, there was another blast at Maalbeek Metro station, near EU buildings. | |
| At least 23 people are feared to have died and several others have been injured. The public transport system in Brussels is being shutdown. | |
| The airport was evacuated and all flights were cancelled. The terror alert level in Belgium was raised to maximum. | |
| According to Belga news agency, shots were fired and shots in Arabic were heard before the two explosions at the airport. | |
| In the video footage, people can be heard shouting as they flee the building and an alarm is going off in the background. Grey smoke is seen rising from the building. | In the video footage, people can be heard shouting as they flee the building and an alarm is going off in the background. Grey smoke is seen rising from the building. |
| The blasts come after Salah Abdeslam, a suspect in the Paris terror attacks, was arrested in Belgium on Friday. The coordinated attacks in November killed 130 people. | The blasts come after Salah Abdeslam, a suspect in the Paris terror attacks, was arrested in Belgium on Friday. The coordinated attacks in November killed 130 people. |
| Abdeslam has a court hearing on Wednesday. France has requested his extradition but Abdeslam's lawyer says his client will fight the request. | Abdeslam has a court hearing on Wednesday. France has requested his extradition but Abdeslam's lawyer says his client will fight the request. |
| Additional reporting by agencies |