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| Three men have been charged with terrorist activity following 13 raids in Brussels and the northern Belgian towns of Mechelen and Duffel. | Three men have been charged with terrorist activity following 13 raids in Brussels and the northern Belgian towns of Mechelen and Duffel. |
| The men, who were held in raids on Sunday, were officially identified as Yassine A, Mohamed B and Aboubaker O. They were arrested as part of what Belgian authorities called a “federal case regarding terrorism” but the prosecutor did not say whether they had been questioned over the 22 March suicide bombings at Brussels airport and on a metro train in the city. | The men, who were held in raids on Sunday, were officially identified as Yassine A, Mohamed B and Aboubaker O. They were arrested as part of what Belgian authorities called a “federal case regarding terrorism” but the prosecutor did not say whether they had been questioned over the 22 March suicide bombings at Brussels airport and on a metro train in the city. |
| They were charged with activity as part of a terrorist group. | They were charged with activity as part of a terrorist group. |
| The death toll from last Tuesday’s bombings has risen to 32, Belgium’s health minister said on Monday. | |
| “Four patients deceased in hospital. Medical teams did all possible. Total victims: 35. Courage to all the families,” Maggie De Block said in a tweet. The figure includes three suspected suicide bombers. More than 300 people have been injured. | |
| Belgium’s crisis centre previously said that 28 of the victims had been identified. Of these, 15 died at the airport, of whom six were Belgian and nine were foreign nationals. | Belgium’s crisis centre previously said that 28 of the victims had been identified. Of these, 15 died at the airport, of whom six were Belgian and nine were foreign nationals. |
| The 13 identified victims of the metro blast were 10 Belgians and three foreigners. | The 13 identified victims of the metro blast were 10 Belgians and three foreigners. |
| The foreigners killed in the attacks were British, Chinese, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Swedish and US nationals. | The foreigners killed in the attacks were British, Chinese, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Swedish and US nationals. |
| Belgian police on Monday released new video footage of the third suspect whose bomb failed to go off at Brussels airport. | |
| The footage shows the man wearing a hat and white jacket pushing a trolley with a large bag through the departure hall next to suicide bombers Ibrahim el-Bakraoui and Najim Laachraoui. | |
| A police notice said that investigators “want to identify this man”. | |
| The third bomber, who has become known as “the man in the hat”, left a large bag at the airport which contained the largest amount of explosives. He then ran for the exit. The other two bombers were killed when they set off their suicide bombs at 7.58am. | |
| A Belgian man, Fayçal Cheffou, last week became the first man to be charged over the attacks when he was charged with terrorist killings, attempted terrorist killings and activity with a terrorist group. | |
| Belgian authorities have not yet stated whether or not they believe Cheffou is the “man in the hat” and suspected third bomber at Brussels airport. A source close to the inquiry told AFP: “That is a hypothesis the investigators are working on.” | |
| However, Cheffou is not cooperating with investigators, a source close to the inquiry told AFP. |