Terrorist Kill 30 In Belgium, Intensive Manhunt Underway, Belgium Fears More Attacks

Terrorist Kill 30 In Belgium, Intensive Manhunt Underway, Belgium Fears More Attacks

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Two explosions, including at least one suicide bomb, rocked Brussels Airport about 8 a.m. local time. An hour later, another blast hit a subway station in the heart of the Belgian capital. At least 30 people were killed in the attacks and 230 were wounded.
ISIS claimed responsibility for the coordinated attacks, but authorities said it's too soon to say for sure whether the terror group was behind the blasts.
In a grainy image from surveillance footage, he's a man dressed in light-colored clothes, wearing a hat and pushing a baggage cart through the Brussels Airport.Belgian authorities say the man in white is one of three suspects tied to the airport attack.

The other two died in the explosions, Belgian Interior Minister Jan Jambon told CNN. But investigators believe the man in white planted a bomb at the airport, then left.

"The third man left a bomb in the airport, but it didn't explode. ... And we are now looking for this guy," Jambon said.A break in the investigation may have come from a taxi driver who took the suspects to the airport.

The driver contacted authorities after seeing surveillance footage and gave them the address where he picked the men up, according to two U.S. officials briefed on the investigation.

That information prompted authorities to raid the residence after the attacks, the officials said.

Several witnesses told CNN they had seen police special forces combing through the northeast Brussels neighborhood of Schaerbeek, cordoning off a train station there.

Investigators found a nail bomb, chemical products and an ISIS flag during a house search in the neighborhood, Belgium's federal prosecutor said in a statement.

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