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Brussels attacks: Belgium releases terror murder suspect | |
(35 minutes later) | |
A man known as Faycal C, the only person arrested and charged with involvement in the Brussels attacks, has been released for lack of evidence. | |
Belgian media have given the man's full name as Faycal Cheffou. | |
Police have released CCTV footage in their efforts to identify a third suspect in last Tuesday's bomb attacks on a Brussels airport. | |
Attacks on the airport and the city's metro system killed 35 people and injured more than 300. | |
The attacks were claimed by the so-called Islamic State militant group. | |
Belgium terror arrests | |
A man referred to officially as Facyal C was released on 28 March after being arrested on 24 March in Brussels and charged with "participation in the activities of a terrorist group, terrorist murders and attempted terrorist murders". | |
Others detained on suspicion of terrorist activity include | |
Of the 35 victims, seven have still to be identified, the country's crisis centre said on Monday (in French). | |
At least 12 of the victims are foreign nationals from the US, the Netherlands, Sweden, Germany, France, the UK, Italy and China, it said earlier. | |
The death toll does not include three attackers, two of whom blew themselves up at the airport and one in the metro. | |
'Not substantiated' | |
In a statement, the Belgian federal prosecutor's office said: "The indications that led to the arrest of Faycal C were not substantiated by the ongoing inquiry. | |
"As a result, the subject has been released by the examining magistrate." | |
He had been charged only two days before with "taking part in a terrorist group, terrorist murder and attempted terrorist murder". | |
Belgian public TV and Le Soir daily identified the freed man as Mr Cheffou, a freelance journalist. | |
In the CCTV footage released by police, the suspected third attacker at Zaventem Airport - whose bomb did not explode and who fled - can be seen wearing light-coloured clothing and a hat. |