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| Brussels attacks: new footage of airport bombing suspect released | Brussels attacks: new footage of airport bombing suspect released |
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| Belgian prosecutors have released new footage of a suspect in the Brussels airport suicide bombings that killed 16 people last month, and made a fresh appeal for help in finding him. | Belgian prosecutors have released new footage of a suspect in the Brussels airport suicide bombings that killed 16 people last month, and made a fresh appeal for help in finding him. |
| “We especially appeal to anyone who might have filmed or think they have photographed the suspect,” spokesman Eric Van der Sypt said at a press conference in Brussels, where prosecutors presented a video showing the man’s escape route from the devastated departure hall back into central Brussels. | “We especially appeal to anyone who might have filmed or think they have photographed the suspect,” spokesman Eric Van der Sypt said at a press conference in Brussels, where prosecutors presented a video showing the man’s escape route from the devastated departure hall back into central Brussels. |
| Police have been desperately searching for the man ever since he was filmed next to the two suicide bombers who blew themselves up at Brussels airport on 22 March in coordinated attacks that also struck a metro station in the city. A total of 32 people died. | Police have been desperately searching for the man ever since he was filmed next to the two suicide bombers who blew themselves up at Brussels airport on 22 March in coordinated attacks that also struck a metro station in the city. A total of 32 people died. |
| The newly released police video shows the suspect, wearing a hat and a light-coloured jacket, fleeing the airport’s departure hall after the bombs went off at 7.58am. | |
| CCTV footage shows him continuing his route on foot towards central Brussels, where surveillance images lose sight of him at 9.50am. Along the way, the man discards his jacket and at one point appears to be on the phone. | |
| Investigators are still looking for the jacket, described in a statement as “bright with a hood which is dark inside”. | Investigators are still looking for the jacket, described in a statement as “bright with a hood which is dark inside”. |
| “Especially the jacket interests us,” the prosecutor office’s spokesman told reporters. | “Especially the jacket interests us,” the prosecutor office’s spokesman told reporters. |
| Potential witnesses are asked to contact the police using a specially provided phone number and email address. | Potential witnesses are asked to contact the police using a specially provided phone number and email address. |