BRUSSELS, (APP/AFP): Three suicide bombers who struck
Brussels airport and a metro train in attacks were identified Wednesday, as the manhunt for a fourth man whose suitcase bomb failed to detonate intensified.
Prosecutors said brothers Ibrahim and Khalid El Bakraoui had carried
out attacks at Zaventem airport and Maalbeek metro station, while bomb-making expert Najim Laachraoui was identified by police sources as the second airport bomber.
Authorities stepped up the manhunt for a third airport attacker, seen
wearing a hat and white jacket on CCTV footage from Zaventem departure hall,
whose explosive-packed suitcase failed to go off with the two other suicide
bombers.
The three identified suspects behind the twin assaults, which
killed 31 and injured 300, have been linked to the Paris attacks last November, underscoring the threat European nations face from the jihadist group.
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Three Brussels attackers identified, police hunt fourth
