Bombings in Brussels: Suspect wanted to take five bags to the airport instead of three – Jornal de Negócios – Portugal

The three men suspected of perpetrating attacks in the Belgian airport of Zaventem had asked a great car and were upset when he arrived a little, that did not fit five bags, according to the account of the taxi driver who took them, released on Tuesday the daily Het Laatste Nieuws.

This legitimizes information to consider that the intention of the terrorists was to put more explosive charge at Brussels international airport than the one you were able to take, packed in three bags.

After the attack, the driver recalled the three suspects and contacted the police, and was he, according to that medium, which led security forces to the house where he had collected in the Schaerbeek district.

in the search made in a house in Schaerbeek, police found in explosive device, chemicals and a group of flag-called Islamic State.

the pumps of the attacks at the airport were transported in . three suitcases placed in luggage trolleys

“They arrived by taxi with suitcases – the bombs were inside the bags. They put the bags on carts. The first two bombs exploded, “said the mayor of Zaventem, Francis Vermeiren.” The third [terrorist] also put your suitcase on a cart, but must have panicked, it exploded not, “he added.

the possible presence of three terrorists was also referred to the Belgian federal prosecutor, who stated that the third, the one who will have survived, is being “actively pursued”.

in the image captured by a surveillance camera the airport are seen three men, each of which pushing a luggage cart.

the image shows two men, dressed in black, with a single glove on his left hand, which, according to the newspaper “La Libre Belgique” could have served to hide the detonator explosives. the third, dressed in a white coat and a black hat, is being “actively pursued”. the first two are appointed by the Belgian press as potentially suicidal.

the first two explosions occurred with an interval of several seconds at Zaventem airport, near Brussels, around 07:00 local (and Lisbon) in the ticketing area of ​​Brussels Airlines and American Airlines. Then 14 people died and another 100 were injured. In the subway station Maalbeek, just 200 meters from the European Commission headquarters, a third explosion, which occurred at about 08:10, has killed at least 20 people and injuring another hundred.