We hear the explosion, the ceiling went down, jaw dropped down on top my girl and then there was a second explosion. There was a guy next to me with his girlfriend. We all dropped on the floor. Reporter emergency crews scrambling to assess the who sobbed openly. Those inside the terminal ducked for covers. Others in the tarmac for safety, and the plane scheduled to land around the time of the blast, they had to wait. There have been explosions in the terminal. Thats why we dont allow any aircraft. Reporter not an hour after the airport explosions, another blast at a metro station at the European Union at 9 11 local time. Those who survived fled from the dark smoke filled train cars. Other commuters say they were reading about the airport attack just as the metro was hit. Wind, and we heard some thudding sounds, which apparently were explosions. The metro immediately stopped. The power turned off, the engine turned off, and we heard some announcements over the intercom saying that there
Were surprised by the scale of this attack. A lot of heavy weapons have been found, which is an indication that something, perhaps, was being planned for the next few days and our people in brussels knew about that. Sheree tonight. Much of the investigation is tied to a single picture. Belgian Police Confirmed that 3 men in a picture taken from surveillance video. Pushing luggage carts with bags through the airport are considered the suspects. Two of the men, who were dressed in black are believed to be suicide bombers who died in the attack. Police are searching for the third man, in the black hat and light tan coat. As for who s responsible isis is already claiming responsibility. For families travelling at brussel s metro station. They were just hearing and reading about what happened at the airport. At least 20 of the people killed. Were at that train station this morning. The end result. Is a city and a world on edge tonight. S bestknown monuments have been s National Colors in a
Held. Several local Media Outlets report they have been contacted by the hostages who claim the gunman had two different demands, those demands being an isis flag and a meeting with the Prime Minister, tony abbott. Australia is a peaceful, open, and generous society. Nothing should ever change that. And thats why i would urge australians today to go about their business as usual. So five hostages escaped so far. And you can see different ones running out right here. Officials believe fewer than 30 people are still being held captive inside that cafe. At this point, nbc news is still working to get more details, but we do have an nbc news Foreign Correspondent Ayman Mohyeldin to talk about this. This is a big deal for sydney. They are typically not stricken with this type of situation. And so explain what this means as were trying to look at this on a larger level internationally. I know the president was briefed on this right away. Yeah, well, as you were saying, there is still a lot w
Has come to this. This follows the six separate terrorist attacks. Isis claiming responsibility so. So far, at least 128 confirm dead. That number almost certainly will change. 180 injured. That, too, will change. We are learning that americans are among the injured. What we do not know at this point is just how many. French police, french authorities, ton mention the military, all out looking for suspects. Authorities have identified one of the attackers now as a French National. Some 1,500 soldiers will be deployed around the country, i think primarily in paris for patrols mostly at specific locations. Authorities say that two passports were found near the bodies of some of the people who committed the acts of terrorists. One of the passports was from syria, one from egypt, although they do say they could well be fake. This morning, french president hollande made a statement. He did indeed. It was an act of war. Well hear how he addressed the french people for the second time since t