Brussels terror attack: In pictures

The departures lounge

At least 21 people were reported dead when enormous twin blasts hit Brussels airport and the city’s metro system today. Passengers were led onto the tarmac and the crisis centre urged people not to come to the airport. The explosions happened only days after the prime suspect in the Paris attacks Salah Abdeslam was arrested in Brussels. PM Narendra Modi is scheduled to visit Belgium on March 30 for the India-EU Summit. Up to 35 people are believed to be injured.

Evacuation from Schuman station

People are evacuated from the Schuman station in Brussels

Emergency personnel

Emergency personnel taking the injured for first aid

Emergency rescue workers

Emergency rescue workers stretcher an unidentified person at the site of an explosion at a metro station in Brussels

Smoke rises from Maalbeek underground

Smoke rising from the Maalbeek underground, in Brussels, following a blast at the station close to the capital's European quarter

Damaged train carriage

The destruction caused by the twin blasts that rocked Brussels airport and metro station

Evacuation

A woman is being evacuated in an ambulance by emergency services

Passenger and airport staff evacuation

Passengers and airport staff are evacuated from the terminal building after Tuesday morning’s explosions

Smoke rise from the blast

The explosions went off just before 8am local time

Army helping injured people

Army and airport security helping injured people

Brussels attacks: The 3 suspects

Belgian authorities released pictures of two of the suspects pushing trolleys with their bombs through the terminal and said they were "actively searching" for a third man whose explosives did not to go off. Two massive suicide blasts by men with bombs in their bags hit Zaventem Airport, leaving blood and mangled bodies strewn across the check-in hall and sending terrified travellers fleeing.