Suspect linked To Brussels terror attacks arrested

PARIS — A suspect in the Brussels attacks which killed at least 31 people at Brussels' airport and subway on Tuesday has been arrested by authorities. The suspect has not yet been identified.

Belgian media previously reported the captured suspect was Najim Laachroui, who was seen on airport video surveillance yesterday with two other suspects, including Ibrahim el-Bakraoui — one of the two suicide bombers responsible for the Brussels airport blasts.

el-Bakraoui's brother, Khalid, is suspected to be the suicide bomber of the subway blast.

Laachrou, who is on the run, is suspected to be the group's supplier of ammunitions and explosive vests for the Belgium and Paris attacks which killed 130 people. Laachrou's DNA was found on all but one of the explosive vests used on Nov. 13. ISIS has claimed both attacks.

Another suspect in the Brussels attacks, Mohamed Abrini, is also on the run.

All four men — the el-Bakraoui brothers, Abrini and Laachroui — belong to the same terror cell as Salah Abdeslam, one of Paris attacks's ringleaders who was arrested five days ago in Brussels.

Brussels was hit on Tuesday by two coordinated blasts — one in its subway and another one at its airport. At least 200 people were injured. It was the deadliest attack in Belgium, France's neighboring country, since World War II.

Abdeslam, captured five days ago in Brussels, is currently being held in a prison in Bruges and is being questioned. Explosives were found in his apartment, leading investigators to suspect he was plotting another attack.

Belgian authorities have declared three days of mourning. Trains, subways have partially reopened in Brussels, which remains on maximal alert. Belgium's biggest multiplex chain, Kinepolis, remains closed. Special forces have been deployed throughout the city.