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| Brussels attacks: airport suicide bomber el-Bakraoui 'caught in Turkey last June' – live | Brussels attacks: airport suicide bomber el-Bakraoui 'caught in Turkey last June' – live |
| (35 minutes later) | |
| 5.43am GMT | |
| 05:43 | |
| Summary | |
| 5.31am GMT | |
| 05:31 | |
| 'Second metro attacker' – reports | |
| French newspaper Le Monde reports that a second man, carrying a large bag, was seen on CCTV in the Brussels metro with Khalid el-Bakraoui, who authorities say carried out the suicide bombing at Maelbeek station. | |
| This is the first mention of a second attacker in the metro bombing. The Guardian is not yet able to verify this report. | |
| 5.19am GMT | |
| 05:19 | |
| The police manhunt in Belgium continues in pursuit of the third suspect pictured at the airport – whose identity is not yet known. | |
| Authorities have confirmed that one of the airport suicide bombers was Ibrahim el-Bakraoui; the other has been named by the media, though not by officials, as Najim Laachraou. | |
| They – along with Khalid el-Bakraoui, who bombed the Maelbeek metro station – were being sought by police in connection with the terror attacks in Paris, and in particular were thought to be linked to Salah Abdeslam, one of the Paris attackers, who was arrested in Brussels this week. | |
| A fourth man was also part of that police search: Mohamed Abrini, 31, a Belgian of Moroccan origin, who allegedly played a key role in planning the assault on Paris. | |
| Abrini was childhood friend of Abdeslam – their families used to be next-door neighbours in Molenbeek – and was described on his international arrest warrant four months ago as “dangerous and probably armed”. | |
| As my colleagues Angelique Chrisafis and Emma Graham-Harrison reported after the arrest of Abdeslam: | |
| Abrini travelled by car with Salah Abdeslam and his brother Brahim – who blew himself up during the attacks – on 10-11 November when the trio made two round trips between Brussels and Paris to rent hideouts for the Paris attackers. | |
| Abrini then travelled to Paris with the convoy of gunmen and bombers. In the days before the attacks, he was spotted on CCTV footage at a service station in northern France buying soft drinks in the company of Abdeslam and at the wheel of the rented black Clio that was later used in the attacks. | |
| He disappeared the day before the gunmen and suicide-bombers attacked the French capital. It is uncertain whether he helped coordinate the attacks from a distance – his relatives have said he was in Brussels on the night of the attacks. | |
| Abrini is thought to have given up training as a welder aged 18 and begun gravitating towards extremists. He was known to police for thefts and drug-related offences. In 2014, his younger brother Souleymane, 20, died in Syria while fighting in an Islamist militia headed by Abdelhamid Abaaoud, the ringleader of the Paris attacks who was killed in a police raid on 18 November. | |
| In the year before the Paris attacks, Abrini had travelled to Istanbul and perhaps Syria, as well as to Birmingham in the UK, Germany and Morocco. | |
| Updated | |
| at 5.24am GMT | |
| 4.59am GMT | 4.59am GMT |
| 04:59 | 04:59 |
| This twin image – of young boys in Idomeni, a refugee camp on the Greek-Macedonian border, and in the Brussels suburb of Schaerbeek – has made headlines in the Belgian media: | This twin image – of young boys in Idomeni, a refugee camp on the Greek-Macedonian border, and in the Brussels suburb of Schaerbeek – has made headlines in the Belgian media: |
| From a friend in Schaerbeek. #BrusselsAttacks #NotYourFault #FromSchaerbeekToIdomeni pic.twitter.com/aoCZcF5FXX | From a friend in Schaerbeek. #BrusselsAttacks #NotYourFault #FromSchaerbeekToIdomeni pic.twitter.com/aoCZcF5FXX |
| Dieter Vandebroeck, whose four-year-old son is shown in the second image, told Belgium’s Radio 2: | Dieter Vandebroeck, whose four-year-old son is shown in the second image, told Belgium’s Radio 2: |
| I found that picture of that young refugee in Greece very arresting. | I found that picture of that young refugee in Greece very arresting. |
| I let my son hold up a placard with the message: ‘Brussels says we’re ok! It’s not your fault.’ | I let my son hold up a placard with the message: ‘Brussels says we’re ok! It’s not your fault.’ |
| 4.27am GMT | 4.27am GMT |
| 04:27 | 04:27 |
| This amateur footage shows the moment Belgian investigators raided an apartment in the Brussels suburb of Schaerbeek on Tuesday. | This amateur footage shows the moment Belgian investigators raided an apartment in the Brussels suburb of Schaerbeek on Tuesday. |
| A taxi driver led investigators to the building after realising the three men shown in images released by investigators were the passengers he had driven to the airport that morning. | A taxi driver led investigators to the building after realising the three men shown in images released by investigators were the passengers he had driven to the airport that morning. |
| Inside the apartment, police found 15kg of explosives, 150 litres of acetone, 30 litres of oxygenated water, detonators, a suitcase filled with screws and nails as well as materials, such as plastic boxes, needed to pack the explosives. | Inside the apartment, police found 15kg of explosives, 150 litres of acetone, 30 litres of oxygenated water, detonators, a suitcase filled with screws and nails as well as materials, such as plastic boxes, needed to pack the explosives. |
| 3.49am GMT | 3.49am GMT |
| 03:49 | 03:49 |
| So far, only three of the 31 people who died in the attacks on the airport and metro station have been named: Adelma Tapia Ruiz, Leopold Hecht and Oliver Delespesse. | So far, only three of the 31 people who died in the attacks on the airport and metro station have been named: Adelma Tapia Ruiz, Leopold Hecht and Oliver Delespesse. |
| (It is unclear whether the three suicide attackers are included in that death toll.) | (It is unclear whether the three suicide attackers are included in that death toll.) |
| The task of identifying the dead is a painstakingly slow one, with names only gradually emerging as experts pore over the remains of victims at both attack sites. | The task of identifying the dead is a painstakingly slow one, with names only gradually emerging as experts pore over the remains of victims at both attack sites. |
| A federal police spokesman told Belgium’s RTBF television that the process has been | A federal police spokesman told Belgium’s RTBF television that the process has been |
| complicated by the particularly violent explosions and also because there are a lot of foreigners. | complicated by the particularly violent explosions and also because there are a lot of foreigners. |
| Four wounded patients also remain unidentified, officials said on Wednesday, as they are either in a coma or being kept under a medically induced coma. | Four wounded patients also remain unidentified, officials said on Wednesday, as they are either in a coma or being kept under a medically induced coma. |
| You can read more about the victims who have been named here: | You can read more about the victims who have been named here: |
| Related: Agonising wait for news of missing loved ones after Brussels attacks | Related: Agonising wait for news of missing loved ones after Brussels attacks |
| 3.26am GMT | 3.26am GMT |
| 03:26 | 03:26 |
| A website for worried relatives and friends searching for those missing after the blasts now lists 22 names. | A website for worried relatives and friends searching for those missing after the blasts now lists 22 names. |
| British IT programmer David Dixon, who works in Brussels, is one of those unaccounted for since the explosions. | British IT programmer David Dixon, who works in Brussels, is one of those unaccounted for since the explosions. |
| His aunt, Ann Dixon, said she had sent him a text message on Tuesday morning after hearing about the first attack on the airport. He replied to say he was safe – but shortly after is believed to have boarded the metro to travel to work. His family has not heard from him since. | His aunt, Ann Dixon, said she had sent him a text message on Tuesday morning after hearing about the first attack on the airport. He replied to say he was safe – but shortly after is believed to have boarded the metro to travel to work. His family has not heard from him since. |
| Ann Dixon said: | Ann Dixon said: |
| It was a relief when he texted back soon afterwards and said he was safe and fine. He said he hadn’t even realised that there had been bombs going off at the airport … | It was a relief when he texted back soon afterwards and said he was safe and fine. He said he hadn’t even realised that there had been bombs going off at the airport … |
| He travelled into Brussels on the Metro every day and after we’d texted he must have gone straight out and got on the Metro that was attacked. It was only an hour later when that bomb went off. | He travelled into Brussels on the Metro every day and after we’d texted he must have gone straight out and got on the Metro that was attacked. It was only an hour later when that bomb went off. |
| Dixon, originally from Hartlepool, County Durham, did not arrive at his office on Tuesday morning. | Dixon, originally from Hartlepool, County Durham, did not arrive at his office on Tuesday morning. |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 3.29am GMT | at 3.29am GMT |
| 3.01am GMT | 3.01am GMT |
| 03:01 | 03:01 |
| Latest summary | Latest summary |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 3.05am GMT | at 3.05am GMT |
| 2.45am GMT | 2.45am GMT |
| 02:45 | 02:45 |
| European security chiefs will travel to Brussels on Thursday for an emergency meeting to discuss the fight against terrorism. | European security chiefs will travel to Brussels on Thursday for an emergency meeting to discuss the fight against terrorism. |
| The EU said the meeting of justice and security ministers was | The EU said the meeting of justice and security ministers was |
| intended to show solidarity with Belgium, discuss the actual state of play in the fight against terrorism and pursue swift completion and implementation of legislation. | intended to show solidarity with Belgium, discuss the actual state of play in the fight against terrorism and pursue swift completion and implementation of legislation. |
| 2.10am GMT | 2.10am GMT |
| 02:10 | 02:10 |
| UK troops are on standby in case of an Isis attack in Britain, the UK defence secretary Michael Fallon has said: | UK troops are on standby in case of an Isis attack in Britain, the UK defence secretary Michael Fallon has said: |
| We have troops standing by now to back up the armed police. The armed police are the first response – they are being increased so there are now armed police, more visible at railway stations, airports. The number of armed response vehicles is being increased in our big cities. | We have troops standing by now to back up the armed police. The armed police are the first response – they are being increased so there are now armed police, more visible at railway stations, airports. The number of armed response vehicles is being increased in our big cities. |
| So that is in hand, but as back-up to come in behind the armed police, we now have military in reserve and they are able to call up troops – some 5,000 at 24 hours’ notice and more behind that.” | So that is in hand, but as back-up to come in behind the armed police, we now have military in reserve and they are able to call up troops – some 5,000 at 24 hours’ notice and more behind that.” |
| Fallon told the BBC that extremists wanted to “create mayhem” in European cities, including London. | Fallon told the BBC that extremists wanted to “create mayhem” in European cities, including London. |
| Referring to the statement by Turkey that it had warned Belgium and the Netherlands that Ibrahim El Bakraoui – who would go on to become one of the airport suicide bombers – was a “foreign terrorist fighter”, Fallon said: | Referring to the statement by Turkey that it had warned Belgium and the Netherlands that Ibrahim El Bakraoui – who would go on to become one of the airport suicide bombers – was a “foreign terrorist fighter”, Fallon said: |
| I saw that report but I honestly think it is far too early to start criticising the Belgian authorities until the investigation is complete, until we know exactly the movements of these particular people. | I saw that report but I honestly think it is far too early to start criticising the Belgian authorities until the investigation is complete, until we know exactly the movements of these particular people. |
| We know that Daesh [Isis] has an external attack-planning operation that is designed to create mayhem on the streets of western cities. London is not exempt from that. | We know that Daesh [Isis] has an external attack-planning operation that is designed to create mayhem on the streets of western cities. London is not exempt from that. |
| That’s why we have to work together to combat it and it’s why we are playing such a key part in the coalition against Daesh out in Iraq and Syria. | That’s why we have to work together to combat it and it’s why we are playing such a key part in the coalition against Daesh out in Iraq and Syria. |
| 1.39am GMT | 1.39am GMT |
| 01:39 | 01:39 |
| Najim Laachraoui: what we know | Najim Laachraoui: what we know |
| Najim Laachraoui has been named in Belgian media reports – but not officially confirmed – as the second airport suicide bomber. | Najim Laachraoui has been named in Belgian media reports – but not officially confirmed – as the second airport suicide bomber. |
| Like the Bakraoui brothers, he was already being hunted by police in connection with the attacks on Paris, for which he was suspected of being a bomb-maker. | Like the Bakraoui brothers, he was already being hunted by police in connection with the attacks on Paris, for which he was suspected of being a bomb-maker. |
| In the confusion following the attacks, local media originally reported that 24-year-old Laachraoui was the suspect in the light-coloured coat and hat believed to have fled the airport without detonating his bomb, and that he had later been arrested. But those reports turned out to be wrong. | In the confusion following the attacks, local media originally reported that 24-year-old Laachraoui was the suspect in the light-coloured coat and hat believed to have fled the airport without detonating his bomb, and that he had later been arrested. But those reports turned out to be wrong. |
| Before the Brussels attacks, Belgian prosecutors said DNA evidence had identified Moroccan-born Laachraoui as an accomplice of Paris attacker Salah Abdeslam. His DNA was reported to have been found on “several explosive belts”, as well as at hideouts in Auvelais and Schaerbeek that were used to prepare explosives and hide Abdeslam. | Before the Brussels attacks, Belgian prosecutors said DNA evidence had identified Moroccan-born Laachraoui as an accomplice of Paris attacker Salah Abdeslam. His DNA was reported to have been found on “several explosive belts”, as well as at hideouts in Auvelais and Schaerbeek that were used to prepare explosives and hide Abdeslam. |
| Officials believe he used a pseudonym, Soufiane Kayal, to rent the house in Auvelais. A suspect of that name was said by Belgian police in December 2015 to have crossed the Austria-Hungary border with Abdeslam. | Officials believe he used a pseudonym, Soufiane Kayal, to rent the house in Auvelais. A suspect of that name was said by Belgian police in December 2015 to have crossed the Austria-Hungary border with Abdeslam. |
| He is also understood to have travelled to Syria in February 2013. | He is also understood to have travelled to Syria in February 2013. |
| 1.17am GMT | 1.17am GMT |
| 01:17 | 01:17 |
| The Bakraoui brothers: what we know | The Bakraoui brothers: what we know |
| Ibrahim el-Bakraoui, 29, detonated one of two devices that exploded at Zaventem airport. His younger brother Khalid el-Bakraoui, 27, was responsible for a third explosion, in a metro carriage at Maelbeek station. | Ibrahim el-Bakraoui, 29, detonated one of two devices that exploded at Zaventem airport. His younger brother Khalid el-Bakraoui, 27, was responsible for a third explosion, in a metro carriage at Maelbeek station. |
| Both men died in the attacks. Ibrahim el-Bakraoui was identified from his fingerprints. Police later found a computer containing a last statement from him, in which he said he felt “in a rush, not knowing what to do, being hunted everywhere, not being safe”, and feared “if this goes on, ending up … in a cell”. | Both men died in the attacks. Ibrahim el-Bakraoui was identified from his fingerprints. Police later found a computer containing a last statement from him, in which he said he felt “in a rush, not knowing what to do, being hunted everywhere, not being safe”, and feared “if this goes on, ending up … in a cell”. |
| The brothers, both Belgian nationals, had long criminal records, although not for terrorism offences. But police had been searching for them before the Brussels attacks after investigators linked them to the attacks in Paris last November. | The brothers, both Belgian nationals, had long criminal records, although not for terrorism offences. But police had been searching for them before the Brussels attacks after investigators linked them to the attacks in Paris last November. |
| One Bakraoui brother rented a flat in the Forest area of south-west Brussels that was raided by police last week, leading days later to the capture of Salah Abdeslam, the only known survivor among the Paris attackers. | One Bakraoui brother rented a flat in the Forest area of south-west Brussels that was raided by police last week, leading days later to the capture of Salah Abdeslam, the only known survivor among the Paris attackers. |
| One of the brothers is also known to have rented a hideout in Charleroi, Belgium, where two Paris attackers, Abdelhamid Abaaoud and Bilal Hadfi, met before heading to the French capital. | One of the brothers is also known to have rented a hideout in Charleroi, Belgium, where two Paris attackers, Abdelhamid Abaaoud and Bilal Hadfi, met before heading to the French capital. |
| And one of the Bakraoui brothers is also believed to have provided ammunition and weapons for the Paris attacks. | And one of the Bakraoui brothers is also believed to have provided ammunition and weapons for the Paris attacks. |
| Related: Suicide bombers in Brussels had known links to Paris attacks | Related: Suicide bombers in Brussels had known links to Paris attacks |
| 1.01am GMT | 1.01am GMT |
| 01:01 | 01:01 |
| Many of Thursday’s newspaper front pages are still focused on Brussels: the mourning and the questions that have followed revelations about the identities of some of the bombers. | Many of Thursday’s newspaper front pages are still focused on Brussels: the mourning and the questions that have followed revelations about the identities of some of the bombers. |
| Le Soir, Belgium | Le Soir, Belgium |
| Edition spéciale @lesoir ce jeudi sur les attentats de Bruxelles https://t.co/5txp2EhknI pic.twitter.com/RkCO8AWZw5 | Edition spéciale @lesoir ce jeudi sur les attentats de Bruxelles https://t.co/5txp2EhknI pic.twitter.com/RkCO8AWZw5 |
| PZC, Netherlands | PZC, Netherlands |
| En zo ziet de voorpagina van donderdag 24 maart eruit: pic.twitter.com/SJvsmRpw19 | En zo ziet de voorpagina van donderdag 24 maart eruit: pic.twitter.com/SJvsmRpw19 |
| International New York Times | International New York Times |
| Thursday's International NY Times:Belgium on high alert and in mourning#tomorrowspaperstoday #bbcpapers pic.twitter.com/2N14y24dRG | Thursday's International NY Times:Belgium on high alert and in mourning#tomorrowspaperstoday #bbcpapers pic.twitter.com/2N14y24dRG |
| The Guardian | The Guardian |
| Thursday's Guardian front page:Brussels killers linked to Paris terror attacks#tomorrowspaperstoday #bbcpapers pic.twitter.com/Asn2ahWQac | Thursday's Guardian front page:Brussels killers linked to Paris terror attacks#tomorrowspaperstoday #bbcpapers pic.twitter.com/Asn2ahWQac |
| 12.47am GMT | 12.47am GMT |
| 00:47 | 00:47 |
| The UK’s Daily Telegraph reports that Belgium was ordered to “overhaul” its border force just three weeks ago because guards were failing to check arrivals from high-risk countries against the EU’s counter-terrorism database. | The UK’s Daily Telegraph reports that Belgium was ordered to “overhaul” its border force just three weeks ago because guards were failing to check arrivals from high-risk countries against the EU’s counter-terrorism database. |
| The Telegraph says the European Council gave Belgium “an extensive list of recommendations” on 29 February to address its “deficient” border security: | The Telegraph says the European Council gave Belgium “an extensive list of recommendations” on 29 February to address its “deficient” border security: |
| At Brussels Charleroi airport, which runs budget flights to Algeria, Tunisia and Turkey, untrained border officers were deployed to check passports, and mandatory daily briefings on new security threats did not take place. | At Brussels Charleroi airport, which runs budget flights to Algeria, Tunisia and Turkey, untrained border officers were deployed to check passports, and mandatory daily briefings on new security threats did not take place. |
| The report says that Belgium must “ensure that only the officers who passed the basic border guard training are deployed to perform border checks”. | The report says that Belgium must “ensure that only the officers who passed the basic border guard training are deployed to perform border checks”. |
| The full article is here. | The full article is here. |
| 12.33am GMT | 12.33am GMT |
| 00:33 | 00:33 |
| Paul Karp | Paul Karp |
| Belgium’s ambassador to Australia has rejected claims by the prime minister, Malcolm Turnbull, that Europe’s security is weak, and said blaming the Syrian refugee crisis for terrorism in Europe was dangerous. | Belgium’s ambassador to Australia has rejected claims by the prime minister, Malcolm Turnbull, that Europe’s security is weak, and said blaming the Syrian refugee crisis for terrorism in Europe was dangerous. |
| On Wednesday the prime minister said “early signs” indicated the Brussels attacks had been inspired or planned by Islamic State in Syria: | On Wednesday the prime minister said “early signs” indicated the Brussels attacks had been inspired or planned by Islamic State in Syria: |
| Recent intelligence indicates that Isil is using the [Syrian] refugee crisis to send operatives into Europe. | Recent intelligence indicates that Isil is using the [Syrian] refugee crisis to send operatives into Europe. |
| But Belgium’s ambassador to Australia, Jean-Luc Bodon, said the statement was | But Belgium’s ambassador to Australia, Jean-Luc Bodon, said the statement was |
| dangerous because it’s precisely what Isis wants – that we would make a confusion between terrorism and migration and between terrorism and Islam. | dangerous because it’s precisely what Isis wants – that we would make a confusion between terrorism and migration and between terrorism and Islam. |
| He said the Belgian prime minister had asked people “not to blame one community because this is the worst thing that we could do and this is the most counterproductive”. | He said the Belgian prime minister had asked people “not to blame one community because this is the worst thing that we could do and this is the most counterproductive”. |
| Turnbull said Australia’s security was stronger than that in Europe because the country has “strong border protection”, with fewer porous borders, and “a much greater insight into people who we would regard as being threats or likely to pose a risk to safety of Australians”. | Turnbull said Australia’s security was stronger than that in Europe because the country has “strong border protection”, with fewer porous borders, and “a much greater insight into people who we would regard as being threats or likely to pose a risk to safety of Australians”. |
| He said there had been a “real breakdown in intelligence” in Europe: | He said there had been a “real breakdown in intelligence” in Europe: |
| If you can’t control your borders, you don’t know who’s coming or going. Regrettably they allowed things to slip and that weakness in European security is not unrelated to the problems they’ve been having in recent times. | If you can’t control your borders, you don’t know who’s coming or going. Regrettably they allowed things to slip and that weakness in European security is not unrelated to the problems they’ve been having in recent times. |
| Bodon said such a claim was “really unfair”: | Bodon said such a claim was “really unfair”: |
| You have had attacks in most countries … in the USA, in Europe, they’ve taken place in Paris … in London, in Madrid, in Rome – even in Russia and nobody thinks that Russian intelligence and security services are weak. | You have had attacks in most countries … in the USA, in Europe, they’ve taken place in Paris … in London, in Madrid, in Rome – even in Russia and nobody thinks that Russian intelligence and security services are weak. |
| 12.13am GMT | 12.13am GMT |
| 00:13 | 00:13 |
| What we know so far | What we know so far |
| Claire Phipps | Claire Phipps |
| A quick round-up of what we know and don’t know about developments in Brussels: | A quick round-up of what we know and don’t know about developments in Brussels: |
| Related: Brussels suicide bombers identified as police hunt suspect caught on CCTV | Related: Brussels suicide bombers identified as police hunt suspect caught on CCTV |
| Related: Agonising wait for news of missing loved ones after Brussels attacks | Related: Agonising wait for news of missing loved ones after Brussels attacks |
| This is Claire Phipps now picking up the blog again from Ben Quinn. | This is Claire Phipps now picking up the blog again from Ben Quinn. |
| 11.50pm GMT | 11.50pm GMT |
| 23:50 | 23:50 |
| One of France’s best known ‘public intellectuals,’ Bernard-Henri Lévy, has been sharing his thoughts on the Brussels attacks, and concludes that “Europe is now in a state of emergency” | One of France’s best known ‘public intellectuals,’ Bernard-Henri Lévy, has been sharing his thoughts on the Brussels attacks, and concludes that “Europe is now in a state of emergency” |
| “What happened in Brussels presented a new scale,” he told BBC Newsnight a little earlier, suggesting that that ISIS could only be defeated through concerted military action to destroy its training camps. Here’s a snatch of what he said: | “What happened in Brussels presented a new scale,” he told BBC Newsnight a little earlier, suggesting that that ISIS could only be defeated through concerted military action to destroy its training camps. Here’s a snatch of what he said: |
| "Europe is now in a state of emergency... it is not only war, it is general war": Bernard-Henri Lévy aka @BHL https://t.co/uKLciHFMbd | "Europe is now in a state of emergency... it is not only war, it is general war": Bernard-Henri Lévy aka @BHL https://t.co/uKLciHFMbd |
| 11.35pm GMT | 11.35pm GMT |
| 23:35 | 23:35 |
| Wembley Stadium’s arch has been lit up in the colours of the Belgian flag as England’s Football Association paid its respects to the victims of the Brussels bombings. | Wembley Stadium’s arch has been lit up in the colours of the Belgian flag as England’s Football Association paid its respects to the victims of the Brussels bombings. |
| The 315-metre long arch, which can be seen for miles across London, was lit in red, yellow and black from 6pm on Wednesday. | The 315-metre long arch, which can be seen for miles across London, was lit in red, yellow and black from 6pm on Wednesday. |
| The statement of solidarity brought back memories of November’s terrorist attacks in Paris when Wembley was one of several London buildings to be decorated with the French tricolore. | The statement of solidarity brought back memories of November’s terrorist attacks in Paris when Wembley was one of several London buildings to be decorated with the French tricolore. |