- Shots were fired before 2 blasts took place at the airport, reports Reuters
- Belgian broadcaster Belga quoted official sources at a hospital as saying that at least 10 people were dead and 30 wounded . Here’s what the site of the blast looked like soon after:
🔴 BELGIQUE PHOTO Pour mesurer la puissance des explosions à l’aéroport (via @Terror_Monitor) pic.twitter.com/gFtUinJ6XO
— infos140 (@infos140) March 22, 2016
- Both blasts were in departure lounge of the airport. Here’s a video recorded soon after:
Belgian government confirms there are victims at Brussels #Zaventem airport blast https://t.co/IGLX5ITKOk https://t.co/mcrwnnX5el
— BBC Breaking News (@BBCBreaking) March 22, 2016
- Airport has been evacuated and all flights to the airport have been diverted or cancelled. Brussels Airport tweeted telling passengers “Don’t come to the airport…Flights have been cancelled.”
- Shouts in Arabic heard shortly before the explosions at Brussels Airport, reported Belgian news agency Belga
- There was also a explosion reported about half an hour later at a Brussels metro station close to EU institutions, reported Belgian broadcaster RTB. Here’s a video recorded soon after:
Metro #Brussel nu pic.twitter.com/XewNyQhQS2 #zaventem #maalbeek
— Paul en Witteman (@Paulenwitteman) March 22, 2016
- Belgium has raised its terror threat to the highest level
- Here’s where the two blasts took place in Brussels:
#NEWSGRAPHIC Explosions rock Brussels airport and metro service in Tuesday morning rush hour pic.twitter.com/fCUFNOfBoI
— AFP news agency (@AFP) March 22, 2016
- India has said that there are no reports of any Indians being injured in the attacks so far:
# Brussels explosion: no report of Indian casualty, says external affairs ministry @htTweets
— Jayanth Jacob (@jayanthjacob) March 22, 2016
- Jet Airways also said that its flight to Brussels was safe
@aitvlive Please refer to our official statement: pic.twitter.com/uydsmOed1g
— Jet Airways (@jetairways) March 22, 2016