Two terrorist attacks in Brussels this morning have left at least 27 dead, the Wall Street Journal reports.
A suicide bomber committed the airport attack and authorities were looking into whether some attackers could be on the run, the Belgian federal prosecutor said at a press conference. The explosions come days after the arrest of Salah Abdeslam, one of the alleged Paris attackers who was captured in Brussels after a four-month manhunt. The first two explosions Tuesday morning hit the city’s main airport near the check-in counters at about 8 a.m., filling the area with smoke and sending ceiling tiles crashing down. Witnesses described blood from the many injured spread across the floor and panic as people rushed to flee. After 9 a.m. local time, another explosion hit at Maelbeek metro station, very near the heart of the European quarter in Brussels, home to EU buildings. Officials said more than a dozen people were killed at the airport and that at least 15 were killed and 55 wounded at the station. Belgian Federal Prosecutor Frédéric Van Leeuw said it was too early to give a precise number of victims, but some were gravely injured.
There are also reports that the city is on lockdown following the attacks.
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