Attacks in Brussels, Belgium.
Map shows sites of blasts at #Brussels airport & metro station. At least 13 dead http://t.co/tVBsfXEbu9pic.twitter.com/zaYN1YRYK7
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) March 22, 2016
Two loud explosions went off at the main airport terminal in Brussels, Belgium on Tuesday. This happened a day after authorities had indicated that a new suspect in the terror attacks that rocked Paris on Nov. 13, 2015 had likely fled to the city of Brussels.
Belgium’s public broadcaster reported several casualties and an unknown number of injuries had occurred from the explosions which went off at departure hall at Brussels Airport.
A firefighter told reporters that 13 people are dead and at least 35 people are injured.
A Belgian news agency also detailed that witnesses had said they heard gunshots and shouts of Arabic at the time of the explosions increasing fears that this may have been an attack inspired by Islamic State (ISIS) terrorists.
About an hour after the explosions at the airport, an explosion is said to have also taken place at Maelbeek metro station in Brussels centre near the European Union (EU) headquarters.
There are now fears of several coordinated attacks across the city and the entire metro system has been shut down.