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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.

Salah Abdeslam, chief suspect in last year's November 13 terrorist attacks in Paris, had planned to blow himself up at Stade de France but changed his mind.

Abdeslam admitted this during interrogation by Belgian investigators on Saturday, a day after his detention in the Brussels neigbourhood of Molenbeek on Friday.

Salah Abdeslam, suspected of involvement in the deadly November 13 attacks in Paris, has been arrested in a raid in Brussels, international media report.

Abdeslam, 26, has been wounded in the leg during an operation in the Molenbeek area in Brussels.

The jihadist attacks in November claimed the lives of 130 people.

Paris attacks suspect Salah Abdeslam has been wounded in the leg and arrested in a police raid in the Molenbeek area of Brussels.

“We got him,” the Belgian secretary of state for asylum and migration tweeted, confirming reports of Belgian media that claimed that Abdeslam had been caught alive.

Belgium widened its search on Nov. 22 for armed Islamist extremists whose presence has put Brussels on maximum alert, with officials saying more than one militant was at large in the city.

The alert has closed the capital's metro system, although a senior minister said it was likely to reopen on Nov. 23. 

Bulgaria advised on Tuesday its citizens travelling to Belgium or staying there to be vigilant regarding potential terrorist attacks.

The friendly football match between Belgium and Spain, which was scheduled to take place at the King Baudouin stadium in Brussels on Tuesday evening, was cancelled due to security concerns following the attacks in Paris on Friday.

The attacks at six sites across the French capital claimed the lives of 129 people and left hundreds injured.

Anti-terror squads are on a huge manhunt for accessories of the Paris Attacks on Friday, November 13, with investigations in many countries around Europe, mainly France, Belgium and Greece. The course of the jihadists who struck against civilians is being traced through these three regions and police are scouring areas in these countries with surgical precision.