Khalid El Bakraoui had rented an apartment raided by police in an operation that led authorities to Salah Abdeslam.
Khalid El Bakraoui had rented an apartment raided by police in an operation that led authorities to Salah Abdeslam.
Brussels: Belgian state broadcaster RTBF has identified two of the attackers who targeted Brussels as brothers Khalid and Brahim Bakraoui.
Belgium launched a huge manhunt on Tuesday after a series of bombings claimed by the ISIS group ripped through Brussels airport and a metro subway, killing around 35 people in the latest attack to bring carnage to the heart of Europe.
The report Wednesday says the brothers were known to police for past crimes, but nothing relating to terrorism.RTBF says Khalid El Bakraoui had rented an apartment raided by police last week in an operation that led authorities to top Paris attacks suspect Salah Abdeslam.
Two massive suicide blasts by the attackers with bombs in their bags hit the check-in hall at Zaventem Airport, strewing the scene with blood and mangled bodies and sending hundreds of terrified travellers fleeing in terror.
Belgian authorities released pictures of two of the suspected attackers pushing trolleys with their bombs through the terminal and said they were -"actively searching-" for a third whose bomb failed to go off.
Police helicopters hovered over the city late into the night and raids were under way across Belgium, prosecutors said, adding that a bomb, an Islamic State flag and chemicals had been found in one apartment.
