Najim Laachraoui
Six Suspects Arrested in Brussels, Terrorist Attack Foiled in France
Belgian police arrested six people in the Brussels suburb of Schaerbeek on Thursday as the manhunt for suspects in Tuesday's terrorist attacks targeting Zaventem airport and Maelbeek metro station continues.
It is still unclear whether the arrested people are connected to the attacks and their identities have not been revealed yet.
Najim Laachraoui arrested in Brussels
Belgian newspaper DH reports that the third bombing suspect who fled the airport on Monday, Najim Laachraoui, has been arrested in Anderlecht.
The man shown at the photo below standing next to the two arrested attackers and wearing a hat is Nazim Lachraoui. The Belgian authorities arrested him on
Wednesday morning at a pizza restaurant, after launching a manhunt.
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Two brothers responsible for Brussels deadly attacks
The Belgian authorities confirmed that brothers Khalid and Brahim El Bakraoui are among Brussels Airport suicide bombers.
According to Belgian broadcaster RTBF, the brothers were known to police for links to organized crime.
In the meantime, authorities have released a manhunt to find the third attacker.
Identities of Suspected Brussels Airport Suicide Bombers Revealed
According to media reports, the two suicide bombers, who blew themselves at Zaventem airport on Tuesday, have been identified as brothers Khalid and Brahim el-Bakraoui.
The el-Bakraoui brothers have been well-known to police and have reportedly been sought for hiring properties as hideouts for the perpetrators of last year's attacks in Paris.
Photo of two suspects seconds prior to airport attack (photos)
A photograph of the two suspects involved in terrorist attack at the Saventem airport in Brussels was released just before they detonated the explosives. Belgian network DH released the photo it got from the airport closed security cameras showing the two suspect terrorists seconds before they activated the bombs.
Belgian authorities’ investigations focus on two suspects
Two suspected terrorists are likely to be the focus of investigations for the deadly attacks occurred on Thursday at Brussel’s airports and metros.
Najim Laachraoui and Mohamed Abrini named by Belgian police as accomplices to November’s Paris attacks are still on the run after police raids that led to the arrest of Salah Abdeslam, the lead Paris attacker, on Friday.
Belgium says captured Paris suspect may have planned more attacks
The prime surviving suspect in the Paris attacks may have been plotting more operations with the help of a weapons cache and a network of associates, Belgium's Foreign Minister Didier Reynders said on March 20.