2016 Brussels bombings

=== Brussels Airport ===
Two suicide bombers, carrying explosives in large suitcases, attacked the departure hall at Brussels Airport in [[Zaventem]]. The first explosion occurred at 07:58 in check-in row 11; the second explosion occurred about nine seconds later in check-in row 2. The suicide bombers were visible in [[CCTV]] footage.<ref name="BBC35869985"/> Some witnesses said that before the first explosion occurred, there were shouts in [[Arabic language|Arabic]].<ref name="BBC35869985"/> Some also reported hearing gunfire but investigators established that no shots were fired, although both suicide bombers were carrying handguns which had detonated due to the explosions.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bx1.be/dossiers/attentats-de-bruxelles/proces-des-attentats-le-chauffeur-de-taxi-decrit-son-trajet-vers-brussels-airport-avec-les-terroristes/|title=Procès des attentats de Bruxelles : taxi, fausses pistes, perquisitions… le récit de l'enquête se poursuit|date=11 January 2023|website=BX!|access-date=9 March 2023|archive-date=9 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230309133842/https://bx1.be/dossiers/attentats-de-bruxelles/proces-des-attentats-le-chauffeur-de-taxi-decrit-son-trajet-vers-brussels-airport-avec-les-terroristes/|url-status=live}}</ref>

A third suicide bomber left the airport without detonating his bomb, which was later found in a search of the airport and destroyed by a controlled explosion.<ref name="GuardianTimeline"/>