Brussels attacks: at least 34 are killed in airport suicide bomber blast and metro explosion. A third explosion hit the city at a Metro station near EU buildings after two blasts at Brussels Airport in suspected terror attacks
Brussels has been hit by a dual terror attack with explosions hitting the airport and metro this morning.
A suicide bomber struck at Brussels' Zaventem airport, with shots fired and words shouted in Arabic before two blasts were heard near the American Airlines check-in desk. Passengers were seen fleeing for their lives shortly after 8am local time.
An hour later an explosion was heard at the Belgian capital's Maelbeek metro station in a separate terror attack.
Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel condemned the "blind, violent, cowardly" attacks on a "black day" for his country.
David Cameron called a meeting of the government’s emergency COBRA committee as security is tightened across Europe.
