Suspects in the killing of 31 people yesterday and the wounding of 270 more well focus heavily on that. Reporting on that, pamela brown. You are getting new information that there may be more attacks in europe. What are you learning . Thats right, john. Counterterrorism officials are very concerned about imminent attacks in europe. This is based on a combination of electronic intercepts, human sources and database tracking that indicates several possible targets have been pick eed out isis operatives since the paris attacks. And the Officials Say there was chatter before the brussels attacks indicating something was about to happen but Nothing Specific enough to indicate where and when these attacks were going to take place. But we know that Abdelhamid Abaaoud involved in the paris attacks boasted about 90 operatives to a confidential witness interviewed by french police. They believe several of those people connected to the paris attacks and brussels attacks are still floating around
The death toll has risen today. The tragedy getting even worse. At least 31 people now dead. 270 more injured. Many of them with lost limbs and severe burns. Lives that will forever be changed. Tonight, we have obtained exclusive video from inside the airport just after the explosions. I want to warn you this is graphic video with incredibly disturbing images. People coming into an airport to go on vacation, to say goodbye to their loved ones, men, women, and children on the floor, bodies everywhere. This is inside an airport. People going on vacation or for work. This is a horrifying moment that happened here in brussels yesterday. Also today belgian investigators say they believe the second suicide bomber seen on the left in the airport surveillance photo, that one there on the far left is a suspected isis bomb maker tied not only to the brussels attacks, but to the terror attacks last november. That leaves the man in the white jacket as the central focus of a manhunt. Were covering
Based on a combination of electronic intercepts, human sources and database tracking that indicates several possible targets have been picked out by isis operatives since the paris attacks. There was chatter before the brussels attacks indicating something was about to happen but Nothing Specific enough to indicate where and when the attacks were going to happen. Its the same situation with the information officials have now. That targets have been picked out by people connected to the brussels attacks and the paris attacks and its just basically not a matter of if but when theyll launch an attack according to officials ive been speaking with. Theres a lot of concern because theyre still floating around europe. People connected to these plots have not been rounded up yet. Its unclear what specific sites have been picked out, according to sources. They arent giving us that information. If you look at that state Department Warning issued yesterday, that warned u. S. Citizens in the u. S.
Torture to nuclear strikes. Are they Offering Solutions to the isis threat or just sewing fear . Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. The breaking news, an urgent manhunt is under way across belgium for a suspected bomber who got away from the scene of the bloody attack at the Brussels Airport. Police are hunting for other members of the terror cell tied to the bombings at the airport and at a subway station. The death toll now is up to 31. 270 people were wounded. Tonight investigators are attempting to unwind a complex plot involving multiple terrorists. Cnn has learned two of the suicide bombers have been identified as brothers. One set off a bomb at the airport, the other at the metro. Officials have now identified the third suicide bomber. They believe he built the bombs used in both the brussels and the paris attacks back in november and a fourth man seen in a white jacket and hat is now the focus of an ongoing search. He allegedly escaped the airport after placing a bom
Ba el bakraoui. Theres lots going on tonight. Theres new video obtained by cnn. It shows the horrific first moments after twin bombs went off in the brussels airport. Its difficult to watch but its important because it shows the terrible human toll of this attack. The rubble pup hear the shots of the victims and rescuers. Heart breakingly, a baby crying in the middle of that debris. The video was shot by a taxi driver who was outside but ran into the airport to try to find his son who worked there. Thankfully, though, his son is fine. Our affiliate, cnn greece, supplied us with that video. Lets begin with nick pay ttonp wa wallsh. Hes the clear link paris and the terrorism in brussels. They havent tested dna or fingerprints. It is not clear who the man in the white is and it is not clear whether the man who blew himself up in the metro, if he acted alone. There are still questions here, one particular one, don, stems from information from the turkish government. They quite clear that I