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Brussels attack: President Erdogan says bomber was caught in Turkey last year and deported to the Netherlands | |
(35 minutes later) | |
One of the Brussels attackers was caught in Turkey in June last year and deported to the Netherlands, Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said. | |
President Erdogan said Turkey warned both Belgium and the Netherlands he was "a foreign fighter". | |
He did not name the attacker, who he said was detained at Turkey's border with Syria at Gaziantep. | He did not name the attacker, who he said was detained at Turkey's border with Syria at Gaziantep. |
President Erdogan said: "Despite our warnings that this person was a foreign terrorist fighter, Belgium could not establish any links with terrorism." | President Erdogan said: "Despite our warnings that this person was a foreign terrorist fighter, Belgium could not establish any links with terrorism." |
An official in the Turkish president's office later said the attacker deported from Turkey was Brahim el-Bakraoui. | |
Earlier reports suggested el-Bakraoui was deported to Belgium, but this was later corrected to the Netherlands. | |
At least 30 were killed and over 200 injured in a series of bomb attacks targeting Brussels Airport and the Molenbeek Metro station. | At least 30 were killed and over 200 injured in a series of bomb attacks targeting Brussels Airport and the Molenbeek Metro station. |
Shortly after 8am on Tuesday, two explosions killed at least 11 people at Brussels Airport. | Shortly after 8am on Tuesday, two explosions killed at least 11 people at Brussels Airport. |
Around an hour later, an explosion at the Maalbeek Metro station killed around 20. | Around an hour later, an explosion at the Maalbeek Metro station killed around 20. |
One of the suspects captured on CCTV moments before the airport attack is still at large. | One of the suspects captured on CCTV moments before the airport attack is still at large. |