Passengers are evacuated from Zaventem Bruxelles International Airport after a terrorist attack on March 22, 2016 in Brussels, Belgium. Picture: Sylvain Lefevre/Getty Images
In photos: Brussels attacks
WARNING: GRAPHIC IMAGES. THE death toll is in the dozens after the attacks at the Zaventem airport and Maelbeek metro train station in Brussels, Belgium on March 22, 2016.
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A plume of smoke rises over Brussels airport after the controlled explosion of a third device in Zaventem Bruxelles International Airport after a terrorist attack on March 22, 2016 in Brussels, Belgium. Picture: Sylvain Lefevre/Getty Images
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In this image provided by the Belgian Federal Police in Brussels on Tuesday, March 22, 2016 of three men who are suspected of taking part in the attacks at Belgium’s Zaventem Airport. These two men (who were accompanied by a third) in the photo that the police issued were according to a the Belgian Prosecutors ‘probably’ suicide bombers. Bombs exploded at the Brussels airport and one of the city’s metro stations Tuesday, killing and wounding scores of people, as a European capital was again locked down amid heightened security threats. Picture: Belgian Federal Police via AP
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In this image provided by the Belgian Federal Police in Brussels on Tuesday, March 22, 2016, a man who is suspected of taking part in the attacks at Belgium’s Zaventem Airport and is being sought by police. Picture: Belgian Federal Police via AP
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Two explosions have gone off at Zavantem airport in Brussells causing unconfirmed numbers of dead and injuries. Picture: Twitter
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Two explosions at Brussels Airport at the American Airlines Check in. Picture: Twitter
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This view taken on March 22, 2016 shows the broken glasses at Brussels Airport in Zaventem after a two explosions targeted the main hall. Picture: AFP PHOTO / BELGA / JONAS ROOSENS
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In this photo provided by Ralph Usbeck a police officers directs passengers in a smoke filled terminal at Brussels Airport, in Brussels after explosions Tuesday, March 22, 2016. Picture: Ralph Usbeck via AP
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Another image provided by Ralph Usbeck shows an unidentified traveller lying on the ground in a smoke filled terminal at Brussels Airport, in Brussels, after explosions Tuesday, March 22, 2016. Picture: Ralph Usbeck via AP
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Injured and bloody people escape Brussels airport following the explosions. Picture: Twitter
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Inside the terminal: this image shows the power of the blasts. Picture: Twitter
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People are evacuated from Brussels Airport, in Zaventem, on March 22, 2016. Picture: AFP PHOTO / Belga / VIRGINIE LEFOUR
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A victim receives first aid by rescuers, on March 22, 2016 near Maalbeek metro station in Brussels, after a blast at this station near the EU institutions caused deaths and injuries. Picture: AFP PHOTO / EMMANUEL DUNAND
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People react outside Brussels airport after explosions rocked the facility in Brussels, Belgium Tuesday March 22, 2016. Picture: AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert
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Airline stewards walk away from Brussels airport after explosions rocked the facility in Brussels, Belgium Tuesday March 22, 2016. Picture: AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert
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A private security guard helps a wounded women outside the Maalbeek metro station in Brussels on March 22, 2016 after a blast at this station located near the EU institutions. Belgian firefighters said at least 26 people had died after “enormous” blasts rocked Brussels airport and a city metro station today, as Belgium raised its terror threat to the maximum level. Picture: AFP PHOTO / Michael VILLA
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German police officers guard a terminal of the airportthe in Frankfurt, Germany, during tighter security measures Tuesday, March 22, 2016, when various explosions hit the the Belgian capital Brussels killing several people. Picture: AP Photo/Michael Probst
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A man with blood stains on his sweater leaves Brussels airport in Zaventem on March 22, 2016 following twin blasts. Picture: AFP PHOTO / Belga / DIRK WAEM
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In this still image taken from video from TV station RTL, people receive treatment in the debris strewn terminal at Brussels Airport, in Brussels after explosions Tuesday, March 22, 2016. Picture: RTL via AP
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In this photo provided by Georgian Public Broadcaster and photographed by Ketevan Kardava a man is wounded in Brussels Airport in Brussels, Belgium, after explosions were heard Tuesday, March 22, 2016. Picture: Ketevan Kardava/ Georgian Public Broadcaster via AP
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People tending to each other immediately after the explosions: The scene in Brussels Airport in Brussels, Belgium, after explosions were heard Tuesday, March 22, 2016. Picture: Ketevan Kardava/ Georgian Public Broadcaster via AP
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This image shows people lying on the floor after a blast inside Brussels airport in Zaventem. Picture: AFP PHOTO / RTL
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An unidentified traveller runs in a smoke filled terminal at Brussels Airport, in Brussels after explosions Tuesday, March 22, 2016. Picture: Ralph Usbeck via AP
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WARNING: GRAPHIC IMAGE. Aftermath and terror of the bomb attack at the Maelbeek Metro station in Brussels, the image is being circulated by Belgian media but is not yet verified. Picture: Twitter
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Smoke seen after an explosion outside Maalbek Metro Station following the earlier explosion at Brussels Zaventem Airport. Source: Twitter
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A video grab made on March 22, 2016 shows metro commuters being evacuated from a subway train in Brussels, after an explosion at the Maalbeek station. A series of apparently coordinated explosions ripped through Brussels airport and a city metro station Picture: AFP PHOTO
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An injured person lay on the ground outside Maalbek Metro Station. Smoke can still be seen billowing out of the building. Source: Twitter
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Police forces make searches inside the North station (Gare du Nord - Noordstation) on March 22, 2016 in Brussels. Picture: AFP PHOTO / Belga / NICOLAS MAETERLINCK
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Soldiers and police officers patrol outside Maelbeek metro station following todays attack on March 22, 2016 in Brussels, Belgium. Picture: Carl Court/Getty Images
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Belgian police officers patrol outside the Gare du Midi train station in Brussels, Tuesday, March 22, 2016. Picture: AP Photo/Michel Spingler
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Emergency rescue workers stretcher an unidentified person at the site of an explosion at a metro station in Brussels, Belgium, March 22, 2016. Picture: APTN via AP
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People walk towards the illuminated Eiffel Tower illuminated with the Belgium national colors black, yellow and red in honor of the victims of the today’s attacks at the airport and the metro station in Brussels, in Paris, Tuesday, March 22, 2016. Picture: AP Photo/Thibault Camus
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Rescue teams evacuate wounded people outside the Maalbeek metro station in Brussels on March 22, 2016 after a blast at this station located near the EU institutions. Picture: AFP PHOTO
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Flowers and a sign reading (Translation: Defy terror, protect freedom) outside the Belgium embassy in Berlin on March 22, 2016. Picture: AFP PHOTO / ODD ANDERSEN
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Solidarity messages are written in chalk outside the stock exchange in Brussels on Tuesday, March 22, 2016. Picture: AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert
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People hold up a banner as a mark of solidarity at the Place de la Bourse following today’s attacks on March 22, 2016 in Brussels, Belgium. Picture: Carl Court/Getty Images
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A writing on the asphalt reads “Brussels forever” at the place de la Bourse in the center of Brussels, where people write hundreds of messages on the ground to remember the victims of todays attack, Tuesday, March 22, 2016. Picture: AP Photo/Martin Meissner
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Brussels Zaventem Airport has been evacuated following an explosion.
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Brussels Zaventem Airport has been evacuated following an explosion.
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Brussels Zaventem Airport has been evacuated following an explosion.
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Two explosions have gone off at Zavantem airport in Brussells causing unconfirmed numbers of dead and injuries
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