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Brussels airport explosion: Live updates after '11 killed and 20 injured' in suspected terrorist attack
Several have been confirmed dead after two explosive devices reportedly detonated at the American Airlines check-in desk at Brussels Airport
Brussels airport explosion: Live updates after '11 killed and 20 injured' in suspected terrorist attack
Several have been confirmed dead after two explosive devices reportedly detonated at the American Airlines check-in desk at Brussels Airport
Several people have been killed and many more injured after a suspected terrorist attack at Brussels airport this morning.
Two loud explosions reportedly shook the building sending terrified passengers fleeing for their lives shortly after 8am local time.
Shots were fired and words in Arabic shouted before the blasts were heard near the American Airlines check-in desk in the departure hall, a Belgian news agency reported.
The airport is said to be on "lock down" with all flights cancelled and rail traffic towards the Belgian airport suspended.
Hundreds of people can be seen in a video fleeing the airport, as smoke billows from the building.
Footage of commuters running from a smoke-filled Metro station in Brussels has emerged.
It comes after an explosion was reportedly heard at Maalbeck station in the city.
Two blasts at the Belgian capital’s airport have left at least 11 dead and 20 wounded, it’s been reported.
The terror level has been raised to maximum across the country.
Several have been confirmed dead after two explosive devices reportedly detonated at the American Airlines check-in desk at Brussels Airport
Brussels airport explosion: Live updates after '11 killed and 20 injured' in suspected terrorist attack
Several have been confirmed dead after two explosive devices reportedly detonated at the American Airlines check-in desk at Brussels Airport
Several people have been killed and many more injured after a suspected terrorist attack at Brussels airport this morning.
Two loud explosions reportedly shook the building sending terrified passengers fleeing for their lives shortly after 8am local time.
Shots were fired and words in Arabic shouted before the blasts were heard near the American Airlines check-in desk in the departure hall, a Belgian news agency reported.
The airport is said to be on "lock down" with all flights cancelled and rail traffic towards the Belgian airport suspended.
Hundreds of people can be seen in a video fleeing the airport, as smoke billows from the building.
Footage of commuters running from a smoke-filled Metro station in Brussels has emerged.
It comes after an explosion was reportedly heard at Maalbeck station in the city.
Two blasts at the Belgian capital’s airport have left at least 11 dead and 20 wounded, it’s been reported.
The terror level has been raised to maximum across the country.