November 2015 Paris attacks

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.

Paris attacks suspect Salah Abdeslam is now willing to be extradited to France, his lawyer has said.

The news, reported by AFP came after Abdeslam had been insisting he would fight the extradition request.

Abdeslam was captured in a special operation in Brussels last week. Some sources suggest  the deadly attacks in Brussels on Tuesday are linked to his arrest.

The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group has trained at least 400 fighters to target Europe in deadly waves of attacks, deploying interlocking terror cells like the ones that struck Brussels and Paris with orders to choose the time, place and method for maximum chaos, officials have told The Associated Press.

According to the Belgian Federal prosecutor, Frederic Van Leeuw Brahim El Bakraoui had dumped a laptop in a rubbish bin just before he carried out his attack at the metro station in Brussels. Newspaper ‘Le Soir’ reported that the laptop contained audio excerpt where the suicide bomber can be heard saying he did not want to be imprisoned like Salah Abdeslam, who was arrested last week in Paris.

Two suicide bombers who blew themselves up at Brussels airport are believed to be brothers who were being sought for links with key Paris attacks suspect Salah Abdeslam, RTBF television reported on March 23, citing police sources.

Turkey and the EU agreed on March 18 to try to resolve the growing migration problem through a bold and ambitious plan - despite concerns over its legality. The methodology implemented for crafting the migration deal should now be repeated to address the challenge posed by all kinds of terrorism to the two parties. 

The security cordon at Zaventem airport, which was hit by two explosions on Tuesday morning, has been re-established after a suspicious package has been found.

The cordon was reduced after the initial security check of the airport, but the discovery of the package has led to its reestablishment.

A third bomb found at Zaventem airport, which was hit by two explosions earlier on Tuesday, has been defused by police in a controlled explosion.

The twin bombings at Zaventem were followed by an explosion at Maelbeek metro station close to the European quarter of Brussels.

Islamic State (IS) has reportedly claimed responsibility for the terrorist attacks in Brussels on Tuesday.

Egyptian media, cited by TASS news agency, inform that the Islamic militants have claimed responsibility for the attacks in a statement released on Amaq news agency, which is affiliated to the terrorist group.

“I am appalled by the bombings” European Council President Donald Tusk said in an announcement on Tuesday following the terrorist attacks adding that  Belgium and Europe face a terror threat.