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| Brussels attacks: police raid homes in search for airport bomb suspect – live updates | Brussels attacks: police raid homes in search for airport bomb suspect – live updates |
| (35 minutes later) | |
| 6.26am GMT | |
| 06:26 | |
| Roads around the site of the explosion at Maelbeek metro station remain closed and transport authorities are asking Brussels residents to avoid the area: | |
| RAPPELPérimètre de sécurité dans la #ruedelaloi est encore d'application et donc pas encore accessible #BrusselsAttacks #Bruxelles #trafic | |
| 6.10am GMT | |
| 06:10 | |
| The VTM TV channel in Brussels reports that a taxi driver who took the three suspects to the airport later led police to a house in Schaerbeek, in the north of Brussels, that was raided on Tuesday night – a raid that officials said yielded an explosive device, as-yet unidentified chemicals and an Islamic State flag. | |
| VTM reports: | |
| The trio yesterday morning ordered a large taxi for three persons and five pieces of luggage. | |
| When the taxi arrived, it turned out to be too small for the luggage. The three men were not at all happy with it. | |
| After the driver had dropped off the men and he heard about the attack, he realised the link and he went to the police. | |
| Other reports say at least one suitcase that would not fit into the taxi was left behind and was found later by police searching the property. | |
| The taxi driver reportedly said that the three men would not let him help them to load the suitcases into the vehicle. | |
| Updated | |
| at 6.28am GMT | |
| 6.03am GMT | |
| 06:03 | |
| No flights in or out of Brussels today | |
| Brussels airport says there will be no flights into or out of Zaventem airport on Wednesday. | |
| As soon as we have access to the terminal building, we can assess the damage. Later today we will assess when operations can be resumed. | |
| Passengers are advised to contact their airline for further information. | |
| Updated | |
| at 6.03am GMT | |
| 5.45am GMT | 5.45am GMT |
| 05:45 | 05:45 |
| Belgium’s interior minister, Jan Jambon, says the investigation into the airport attacks is focusing on the three men pictured pushing suitcases on trolleys through the departure hall – and particularly a man in a light-coloured coat and a hat who is believed to have fled the airport after his bomb failed to detonate: | Belgium’s interior minister, Jan Jambon, says the investigation into the airport attacks is focusing on the three men pictured pushing suitcases on trolleys through the departure hall – and particularly a man in a light-coloured coat and a hat who is believed to have fled the airport after his bomb failed to detonate: |
| Two of them killed themselves, suicide bombers, and the third left a bomb in the airport but it didn’t explode, lucky. We are now looking for this guy. | Two of them killed themselves, suicide bombers, and the third left a bomb in the airport but it didn’t explode, lucky. We are now looking for this guy. |
| Belgian police have issued further images of the suspect, asking: “Do you recognise this man?” | Belgian police have issued further images of the suspect, asking: “Do you recognise this man?” |
| 5.31am GMT | 5.31am GMT |
| 05:31 | 05:31 |
| Helen Davidson | Helen Davidson |
| Peruvian Adelma Tapia Ruiz, 36, was the first publicly confirmed death from the attack. Ruiz, who lived in Brussels, was at the airport to see off relatives of her Belgian husband, Christopher Delcambe, who was reportedly injured. | Peruvian Adelma Tapia Ruiz, 36, was the first publicly confirmed death from the attack. Ruiz, who lived in Brussels, was at the airport to see off relatives of her Belgian husband, Christopher Delcambe, who was reportedly injured. |
| Ruiz’s brother, Fernando Tapia Coral, said in an interview that the couple’s twin four-year-old daughters went outside the gate area to play shortly before the explosion and Delcambe followed them. He was unable to find Tapia Ruiz after the blast. | Ruiz’s brother, Fernando Tapia Coral, said in an interview that the couple’s twin four-year-old daughters went outside the gate area to play shortly before the explosion and Delcambe followed them. He was unable to find Tapia Ruiz after the blast. |
| Tapia Coral confirmed his sister’s death on Facebook, saying: | Tapia Coral confirmed his sister’s death on Facebook, saying: |
| This tragedy today touched the doors of my family this morning in the Brussels airport, when my sister Adelma Tapia died in the terrorist attack and was not able to survive this jihadist attack that we’ll never understand. | This tragedy today touched the doors of my family this morning in the Brussels airport, when my sister Adelma Tapia died in the terrorist attack and was not able to survive this jihadist attack that we’ll never understand. |
| 5.20am GMT | 5.20am GMT |
| 05:20 | 05:20 |
| Wednesday’s newspaper front pages around the world are, unsurprisingly, dominated by the Brussels attacks. You can see several of them here: | Wednesday’s newspaper front pages around the world are, unsurprisingly, dominated by the Brussels attacks. You can see several of them here: |
| Related: Brussels airport and metro attacked: front pages around the world – in pictures | Related: Brussels airport and metro attacked: front pages around the world – in pictures |
| 4.58am GMT | 4.58am GMT |
| 04:58 | 04:58 |
| Opening summary | Opening summary |
| Claire Phipps | Claire Phipps |
| Welcome to continuing coverage of the terror attacks in Brussels and the police search for a suspect believed to have fled Zaventem airport, scene of the first explosions. | Welcome to continuing coverage of the terror attacks in Brussels and the police search for a suspect believed to have fled Zaventem airport, scene of the first explosions. |
| Here is what we now know, as Belgium awakes to a day of mourning. | Here is what we now know, as Belgium awakes to a day of mourning. |
| The victims | The victims |
| Related: Brussels bombings: first victims named as stories of survival emerge | Related: Brussels bombings: first victims named as stories of survival emerge |
| The suspects | The suspects |
| The investigation | The investigation |
| Related: Brussels police carry out raids in manhunt for suspected bomber | Related: Brussels police carry out raids in manhunt for suspected bomber |
| The global response | The global response |
| Related: UN says bombings in Brussels show need to 'end fires of war' in Syria | Related: UN says bombings in Brussels show need to 'end fires of war' in Syria |
| The practicalities | The practicalities |
| Updated | |
| at 6.00am GMT |