MANILA, Philippines (UPDATED) – Prosecutors speaking at a press conference in Belgium on Wednesday, March 23, identified two of the bombers in the Brussels airport and metro attacks.
According to the prosecutors, one of the Brussels airport suicide bombers was identified as Ibrahim El Bakraoui. Meanwhile, the Brussels metro bomber was identified as Khalid El Bakraoui.
Ibrahim El Bakraoui blew himself up in the check-in hall of Zaventem airport, while Khalid El Bakraoui attacked a metro train at Maalbeek station near the EU headquarters, Frederic van Leeuw told a news conference.
The prosectors added that a 3rd attack suspect is still on the run. The 3rd man – filmed with two suicide bombers at Brussels airport – fled the scene without detonating his device.
"The third man is on the run; he left his bag with the biggest bomb in it which exploded later because it was so unstable," Van Leeuw added, referring to a man in a hat and white coat in CCTV images.
The updated combined death toll from the attacks is 31 people, while the wounded numbered 270. (TIMELINE: Brussels terror attacks) – with reports from Agence France-Presse/Rappler.com