A trio of explosions at Zaventem Airport and Maelbeek metro station in Brussels early this morning have caused Belgium to raise its terrorism threat to its highest alert levels.

Twin explosions went off at the airport at 7:00 a.m. GMT, with the explosion at the metro station occurring one hour later. They are being considered terrorist threats.

The attacks occurred just four days after Salah Abdeslam, the main fugitive from the Paris attacks back in November, was captured in the city by authorities.

Reports are varied on the numbers dead or injured, with the BBC reporting that Belgium's health minister has claimed 11 were killed and 81 were injured at the airport, with an additional 15 dead and 55 injured, 10 seriously, in the attack at the metro station. CNN reported a total of 34 dead, with 20 killed at the metro station and 14 at the airport, and as many as 170 injured overall.

Several witnesses at the scene have posted video of the chaos immediately following the attacks, with one person sharing the evacuation of a train at the metro station just after the attacks, while another showed people fleeing from the airport after those explosions went off.

UPDATE: 10:05 A.M.: CNN reports that authorities have begun a raid to track down others responsible for the attacks, and that Belgian federal Prosecutor Frederic Van Leeuw did confirm at least one of the explosions at the airport was a suicide bombing. UPDATE 10:51 A.M.:

UPDATE 10:57 A.M.: Here's video from just after one the explosions at the airport:

And witnesses describing what they saw:


UPDATE 11 A.M.: President Obama spoke about the attacks while on his state visit to Cuba, in which he said "the thoughts and prayers of the American people are with the people of Belgium" and vowed that the United States would "do whatever is necessary" to help Belgium "in bringing to justice whoever is responsible" before calling on the world to unite "in fighting against the scourge of terrorism."

UPDATE 11:10 A.M.: The Morman Church announced that three of its American missionaries were "seriously injured" in the attack on the airport. According to the church, the three were "accompanying a fourth missionary who was on her way to a mission assignment in Ohio" and "were in the proximity of the explosion when it occurred."

UPDATE 11:30 A.M.:  Belgium media is reporting that the below CCTV image is of the terrorists responsible for the attack at the airport and that police are actively looking for the man in white.

UPDATE 11:35 A.M.:


We'll be updating this post with more information as it's available.

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