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© Het Nieuwsblad / ReutersDamage is seen inside the departure terminal following the March 22, 2016 bombing at Zaventem Airport, in these undated photos made available to Reuters by the Belgian newspaper Het Nieuwsblad, in Brussels, Belgium, March 29, 2016.
At least 50 supporters of Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) are currently working at Belgium's Zaventem Airport, which was rocked by suicide bombings last week, local media have reported, citing airport security officials.

These radical group sympathizers "have a security badge and can get into the cockpit of an airplane," Nieuwsblad newspaper reported, citing an open letter from airport security.

"In the past, [the authorities] revoked the badge of a number of people because they sympathized with ISIS. But clearly not everyone. Especially in the shops, cleaning services and luggage services," airport police said.

According to the officers, anyone can walk into the airport, even those who have a criminal record.

"For us it is clear that the terrorists, with the help of their spies, tested the safety of our airport screeners before taking action," the letter said.