Wednesday, March 23, 2016

Brussels Terror Attacks -- News Updates March 23, 2016



Daily Mail: 'I don't know what to do. If I give myself up I'll end up in a cell': Suicide bomber left note in a bin before blowing himself up in airport - as police reveal 'the man in white' is STILL on run

* Najim Laachraoui - 'Man in White' - fled airport after he left a giant suitcase bomb - and is 'still at large'
* Laachraoui was expert bombmaker who also made suicide vests for Paris massacres where terrorist killed 130
* Belgian brothers Ibrahim and Khalid El Bakraoui named as suicide bombers who struck in airport and Metro train
* Mystery fourth terrorist caught on CCTV in airport check-in alongside Ibrahim El Bakraoui and 'Man in White'
* Twin ISIS attacks yesterday killed 34 people - 14 at city's airport at 8am and 20 more at 9.19am at Maelbeek station
* Driver who took terrorists to airport reveals that fourth suitcase bomb was left behind because it wouldn't fit in taxi
* Cabbie was suspicious after attacks and led police to safehouse containing fourth bomb, ISIS flag and terrorist's will

One of the Brussels bombers left a suicide note telling how he was desperate to blow himself up because he did not want to go to prison like his friend, Paris bomber Salah Abdeslam, Belgium's chief prosecutor revealed today.

Ibrahim El Bakraoui, who helped kill 14 people when he set off his suicide vest at Brussels airport yesterday, left the will in the bin of the terror cell's Schaerbeek safehouse.

The typed note, found next to 15kg of homemade explosives, an AK-47 and an ISIS flag, said: 'I don't know what to do. I'm in a hurry. I'm on the run. People are looking for me everywhere. And if I give myself up then I'll end up in a cell.'

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Brussels Terror Attacks -- Live Updates

Brussels attacks: Latest updates -- BBC
The Latest: EU officials urges intel sharing to foil attacks -- AP
Brussels attacks: police hunt bombing suspect captured on CCTV – live -- The Guardian
Brussels attacks live updates: Bomber's desperate final message revealed as police hunt suspect Najim Laachraoui -- The Independent
Brussels attacks: Live -- The Telegraph
Brussels airport and Metro bombings aftermath LIVE UPDATES -- RT
Live blog: Latest on Brussels attacks -- CNN
Brussels Attacks: The Latest -- The Atlantic

Brussels Terror Attacks -- News Updates March 23, 2016

Belgium names Brussels bomber brothers, key suspect on run -- Reuters
Belgian authorities hunt Brussels bombing suspect -- AP
Brussels suicide bombers identified as police hunt suspect caught on CCTV -- The Guardian
Who is the FOURTH bomber? Mystery over Brussels Airport jihadist pictured alongside 'man in white' after police say one of the ISIS brothers blew himself up on Metro train -- Daily Mail
One bomb in Brussels attack failed to go off; suicide note found -- USA Today
Bomb-making supplies found in Brussels raid match Paris materials; dragnet for mystery man continues -- FOX News
Brussels attacks: Two brothers behind Belgium bombings -- BBC
2 Brothers Identified as Brussels Attackers; 3rd Suspect Is Sought -- NYT
Suspect in Brussels Terror Attack Still on the Run, Officials Say -- ABC News
Brothers identified as Brussels attackers -- The Hill
Brussels attack investigation: Brothers were suicide bombers in two locales -- CNN
Brussels attack suspects named as manhunt intensifies -- Al Jazeera
Revealed: Bomber brothers were gangland criminals jailed for wielding Kalashnikovs – but were STILL able to provide ammunition for Paris attacks and rent flat for Brussels mastermind -- Daily Mail
Belgian Authorities Identify Suicide Attackers -- US News and World Report
Brussels terror: 3 suspects identified, suicide bombers were brothers, media reveals -- RT
Brussels airport says to remain closed on Thursday -- Reuters
Brussels' mood: 'We know these things can happen, but we must go on' -- CNN
Brussels attacks: World shows solidarity for Belgians after country's worst atrocity -- The Telegraph
Brussels weeps for its dead: Heartbreaking scenes as hundreds line city's streets to remember 34 victims killed in terror attacks -- Daily Mail
Who are the victims? -- The Telegraph
Brussels attacks: Victims and survivors -- BBC
First Brussels bombings victims named as stories of survival emerge -- The Guardian
Silence and security: the day after the Brussels attacks - in pictures -- The Guardian
In pictures: Tributes to Brussels victims -- BBC

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