The suicide bombers who carried out a deadly attack on Brussels airport were brothers and known to police, according to reports.The pair have been named by Belgian media as Khalid and Ibrahim El Bakraoui.
Although previously known to police this was for organised crime rather than terrorism.
Khalid had rented under a false identity the house raided by police last week, in an operation that led to the arrest of Paris attacks suspect Salah Abdeslam.
The details of the attackers came as a major manhunt continued for their accomplice, who went on the run apparently after his device failed to explode.
He has been named as Najim Lacchraoui, who has been identified by French police as the chief bombmaker for the Paris attacks last November.
CCTV footage taken in the moments before the twin blasts at Zaventem Airport, which left at least 14 people dead, showed two of the three men wearing single gloves to conceal detonators.
The explosives were contained in their luggage and detonated before reaching the security gate, according to Zaventem's mayor.
23.3.16
Airport Bombers Were Brothers - Reports
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