Two, one around the curbside area near the departures areas. That is said to be, or perhaps to have been a suicide bombing. And then another explosion just inside the departures area. Now, we should mention this would be an area, and youre looking at footage from the scene right now. This would be an area where you would not have had to have gone through security to get into that area. So, anyone arriving from a car or Mass Transportation could have gone into that area carrying a suitcase or a backpack and detonated it. And then a short time later, in separate bombings, there were several explosions in subway stops in and around the brussels area. Now, one of those was said to be in the molenbeek area. Its important to note that, because that is the area where, on friday, Salah Abdeslam who was the alleged mastermind of the paris terror attacks of november was arrested. Just four days ago, on friday, the alleged mastermind of those paris attacks. So the question is now, was this some s
Mark about four explosions around the city. Nbc news broke into coverage this morning about 4 20 about what is happening over there. Right now it seems everything is in chaos. Lisa we re keeping you covered here at home, the latest on local news update at the bottom of your screen. We will have your news and traffic. Nbc neit. And then a short time later in separate bombings there were several explosions in and around the brussels area. Was one said to be in moleem beak. That is the area on friday are where Salah Abdeslam who was the he was arrested. The question is was this retribution for his arrest . Or perhaps were there accomplices already in brussels planning Something Else with devices in their possession who then felt because of his arrest their locations and identities might have been compromised so they decided to carry out some attack prior to what they have been planning. Weve got several conflicting reports but at the moment we can confirm that one person has been killed i
One around the curbside area near departure, that is said to have been a suicide bombing and then another explosion just inside the departures area. This would be an area we should mention, where you would not have to have gone through security to get into that area. So anyone arriving from a car or Mass Transportation could have gone into that area carrying a suitcase or a backpack and detonated it. And then a short time later in separate bombings there were several explosions in and around the brussels area. Was one said to be in moleem beak. That is the area on friday are where Salah Abdeslam who was the alleged master mind in paris was arrested. The question is was this retribution for his arrest . Or perhaps were there accomplices already in brussels planning Something Else with devices in their possession who then felt because of his arrest their locations and identities might have been compromised so they decided to carry out some attack prior to what they have been planning. We
Stretchers to awaiting ambulances. Some people hve said that some of the injured were carried on luggage carts out of the airport. There are some reports circulating that as many as 20, as many as 20 people may have been killed in these explosions. Weve got people now fanning out throughout the area. I want to start with kelly koeb area who is on route to the area where the attacks took place in brussels. Kelly, good morning to you. Reporter good morning, matt. Im on a train on my way in to brussels, about to arrive in the next few mihat we understand is all traffic to the airport has been closed down. Air traffic isnt getting in. Road traffic, train traffic is not getting in. The areaa has been completely shut off while emergency crews try to deal with all of the injured. As you mentioned, we still dont know how many people have been looks like, dealing with several different locations, not just the airport, but the possibility of people injureat at least one metro station. Metro has
Their people to stay at home or inside builds as they continue to monitor the situation. The u. S. Embassy in brussels has ordered police not to use Public Transportation this morning. This happened days after Salah Abdeslam was arrested in brussels. Lets go to Alastair Jamieson who has been following this as well. We talked about the first explosion at 8 00 a. M. Followed by the second one at 8 30. Besides the optics of a coordinated attack or coordinated explosions by whoever may have been responsible, have question gotten any indication from the federapolice or the belgium government theyre labelling this as a multiple coordinated terrorist attack . Reporter nothing yet. The authorities havent said that, we do expect them to be giving an update on the situation in the coming hour. But at the moment, nothing is confirmed about a link between these two. But, you know, very clearly, it follows the hallmarks of other similar coordinated attacks that have taken place, all were being prep