Chilling footage shows moment terrified passengers cower under desks and run for their lives after suicide bomb blasts rock Brussels Airport in series of attacks that killed 34 across the city
At least 14 people killed after two explosions struck near the American Airlines check-in desk at 8am (7am GMT)
Reports of a firefight between police and attackers seconds before they shouted ‘in Arabic’ and detonated bombs
Terrified passengers covered in blood ran for their lives after explosion sent ‘shockwaves’ through terminal building
Another blast killed 20 at a Metro station near EU headquarters in Maelbeek area of centralBrussels just after 9am
Two suspects arrested a mile from train station at around 11am as hundreds of troops and police flood the streets
Comes a day after Belgium minister warned of revenge strikes after arrest of Paris attacks suspect Salah Abdeslam
By Simon Tomlinson and Martin Robinson and John Stevens In Brussels and Mark Duell
DailyMail.com
22 March 2016
Cowering under desks and running for their lives, this is the terrifying moment passengers were caught up in a suicide bomb attack at Brussels Airport today in a series of blasts that have killed at least 34 people and injured 170 across the city.
Witnesses described apocalyptic scenes with blood and ‘dismembered bodies everywhere’ after two blasts rocked the terminal at around 8am (7am GMT), killing at least 14 people and injuring dozens of others.
Then 79 minutes later at 9.19am, at least 20 people were killed and scores injured, some critically, when a blast hit a Metro station just 400 metres from the EU headquarters in the city centre.
There were also reports the Tihange nuclear power plant, around 90km from the capital, is being evacuated of all non-essential staff as Belgium raised security to its maximum level.
At the airport, there were reports of a firefight between police and the attackers who shouted in Arabic moments before detonating their bombs.
An unexploded suicide vest was later found in the rubble and a Kalashnikov rifle beside the body of a dead terrorist.
This afternoon, Russian media claimed there were three ISIS fighters behind the attack including a Belarusian and a man of Dagestani origin.
The blasts, which detonated near the American Airlines and Brussels Airlines check-in desks, sent shockwaves through the terminal building, shattering windows and knocking roof tiles off the ceiling as terrified passengers ran for their lives.
The explosions, coming just four months after the Paris attacks, have left countries around the world reeling, with security services placed on high alert, flights cancelled, Eurostar services suspended and France’s border with Belgium shut down.
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