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| Brussels attacks: 'Two brothers' behind airport suicide bombings | Brussels attacks: 'Two brothers' behind airport suicide bombings |
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| Two suicide bombers who attacked the international airport in Brussels have been named by Belgian media as the brothers Khalid and Brahim el-Bakraoui. | Two suicide bombers who attacked the international airport in Brussels have been named by Belgian media as the brothers Khalid and Brahim el-Bakraoui. |
| The RTBF broadcaster said the pair were known to police. A third man pictured with them at the airport is still being sought. | The RTBF broadcaster said the pair were known to police. A third man pictured with them at the airport is still being sought. |
| Twin explosions at the airport and another at a metro station on Tuesday left about 34 dead and 250 wounded. | Twin explosions at the airport and another at a metro station on Tuesday left about 34 dead and 250 wounded. |
| Belgium is observing three days of national mourning. | Belgium is observing three days of national mourning. |
| So-called Islamic State (IS) has said it was behind the attacks and warned that more would follow. | |
| A minute's silence for the victims will be held at midday (11:00 GMT). | |
| More about the attacks | |
| Brussels attacks: Live updates | |
| What we know so far | |
| Why was Brussels attacked? | |
| Crisis information | |
| Eyewitnesses recall explosions | |
| In pictures: Brussels explosions | |
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| RTBF said the brothers were known to police and had criminal records. | |
| The broadcaster said that Khalid el-Bakraoui had used a false name to rent the flat in the Forest area of the Belgian capital where police killed a gunman in a shootout last week. | The broadcaster said that Khalid el-Bakraoui had used a false name to rent the flat in the Forest area of the Belgian capital where police killed a gunman in a shootout last week. |
| It was during that raid that police found a fingerprint of Salah Abdeslam, the main suspect in the Paris terror attacks of 13 November. He was arrested in a raid last Friday. | It was during that raid that police found a fingerprint of Salah Abdeslam, the main suspect in the Paris terror attacks of 13 November. He was arrested in a raid last Friday. |
| Belgian newspaper La Derniere Heure said Khalid el-Bakraoui was being sought for terrorist activities while Ibrahim was reportedly on the run after a sentence for other criminal activity. | |
| La Derniere Heure also said that the third man in the airport CCTV image of the three men handed out by police is Najim Laachraoui. | |
| Laachraoui was named earlier in the week by police as a wanted accomplice of Abdeslam. |