Belgium Hunts for Ringleader as EU-Wide Terror Fears Mount
- Provisional Brussels assault toll put at 31 dead, 270 injured
- Prosecutors identify two suicide bombers, hunt for ringleader
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Belgian authorities hunted for the ringleader of Tuesday’s attacks in Brussels amid fears of a Europe-wide spread of Islamic terror networks with the capability to strike at will.
Prosecutors identified two of three suicide bombers as brothers Khalid and Brahim El Bakraoui as they searched for a fourth man in a cream-colored coat caught on security cameras who escaped from the airport after placing a bomb that didn’t go off. The provisional casualty toll at the airport and a downtown subway station of 31 dead and 270 injured is likely to rise, authorities said.