Belgian brothers Khalid and Ibrahim El Bakraoui (left, centre and together inset) have been named as the two airport suicide bombers. The third member of the squad - now known as the 'Man in White' - was Najim Laachraoui (right and inset), who left a suitcase bomb and walked out of the terminal moments before 14 died at 8am yesterday.
Just 79 minutes later a suicide bomber killed 20 on a Brussels Metro train at Maelbeek station. Laachraoui was already one of the world's most wanted men, having built the suicide vests that helped kill 130 in Paris last November, and went on the run with Salah Abdeslam before hiding in Brussels for four months.
All of the men were 'well known' to police and had been on the run following a shoot-out in a terrorist hideout in the Belgian capital's Forest suburb last Tuesday. Yet they still managed to find another address to stay, where they stored the explosives and guns used in Tuesday's attacks
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