Targeting the subway. The attacks come as president obama is in cuba. And Vice President biden is right here in cincinnati. We ve learned that a group of uc students are in belgium but are safe, and were not near the attacks. We have Live Team Coverage of all of the developments, beginning with mark barger with the latest on the attacks themselves. Bristles when into lockdown this morning after a series of city in attack. We felt a small blast of air , we heard some flooding in the distance, the metro immediately stopped and the lights turned off, the engine turned off, and message came over the intercom saying there d been a disturbance on the line. Officials raise the Terror Threat level, shut down all look transport in the belgian capital, and advise locals to belgians federal prosecutor said one of the two excursions likely caused by suicide bomber, and all three blasts were acts of terrorism. The Prime Minister called today a dark moment for the country, and World Leaders swiftly
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
Take a look at this map. The first two blasts happened around 8 am belgian time right here at the Brussels Airport. In less than 30 minutes, emergency crews began responding. About an hour after that, Officials Say a third bomb went off at the mallbeek subway station right in the heart of downtown brussels. And as the people of brussels work to recover. The focus now turns to finding the suspects. Right now a manhunt is underway for one of these men. And investigators say they might already have a clear motive. Pierre meys, spokesman of the brussels fire brigade i cant explain. It looked like war. Its unbelievable. Its really hard. Belgiums federal Prosecutor Says the two men in black, in seen here, were responsible for a Suicide Attack at the airport. Officials are looking for the man in white, as a suspect. The terror, just four days after the arrest of saleh abdeslam, the last suspect sought in novembers paris attacks. While noting it is Belgian Security sources told cnn its their w
Its been an unforgettable trip for 19 college of business students and two faculty members. They went to paris, then to brussels, but were in antwerp when the bombs went off 35 miles away. That fact alone is bringing a sense of relief to the campus tonite. The horrific pictures from brussels began to fill television and social media screens early tuesday. Almost immediately, messages started appearing saying that 19 uc students and faculty members from the college of business were safe in antwerp, some 35 miles away. Robert capannari tweeted pictures of himself in paris earlier in the trip adding uc students in belgium are safe. Faculty member Suzanne Masterson emailed, were together in antwerp, booked into a new hotel and looking forward to a group dinner later this evening. She added the Linder College of business is working on the logistics for the remainder of the trip, but concluded, for now, were grateful to be together and safe. Many students are in the kolodzik Business Scholar