Brussels police have told Sputnik that Zaventem's great hall was targeted in the blast, but they couldn't confirm the number of the victims in the attack.
"There was an explosion, but we cannot say more," a police spokesperson said.
Reports also suggest that first there was a shot fired in the departure hall, then something was called out in Arabic, and only afterward, two explosions rocked the facility.
Reports are coming in that one of the explosions took place near the American Airlines check-in desk. A government source confirmed to VRT broadcaster that it was an attack, while Anke Fransen, spokeswoman for Brussels Airport, said there were multiple injuries. "We can confirm that there have been two explosions in the departure hall. We called the emergency services on the ground - they [are] now provid[ing] first aid to the injured."
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Niels Caignau, flight watcher at Swissport, told Radio 1 that he heard an explosion at around 8:00 a.m. local time.
"The windows outside the departure hall are completely shattered. Many people have run out with tears in [their] eyes. We were advised to stay indoors."
IMAGE: Damage inside Brussels airport pic.twitter.com/Y5hNpM8RhG
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Other explosive devices have been discovered at the airport, RTBF correspondent Laurent Henrard cited firefighters as saying.
Rail traffic to the airport has been suspended, Reuters reports.
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Belgian media say there are several injured people in the Brussels Airport departure hall and rail traffic to the airport has been suspended.
#Breaking:#Bomb explosion at Brussels AirportPhoto - Ketevan Kardava #BrusselsAirport #Brussels pic.twitter.com/ZosOvBl2LV
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No planes are landing at Brussels Airport which is in lockdown, and planes are being diverted to Antwerp. Planes are circling over the city of Liege.
After reports of an explosion at Brussels airport flights are holding with no arrivals https://t.co/Jy9O4CuqNJ pic.twitter.com/KzGmapjTTy
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Sky News Middle East correspondent Alex Rossi, who was at the airport en route to Tel Aviv, has tweeted that he could "feel the buildings move."
At least one blast reportedly occurred in the airport's departure hall.
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Om March 18th there was this from ABC News [Link] "Speaking at ceremony to commemorate the 101st anniversary of the Battle of Gallipoli in the coastal town of Canakkale, Erdogan said, "there is no reason why the bomb that exploded in Ankara cannot explode in Brussels, in any other European city." Time will show what the deal is.