Two explosions have been heard at Brussels airport with video and stills pictures showing smoke rising from one of the terminal buildings.
The incident comes as the Belgian capital is on a state of high alert following the arrest of Paris terror attack suspect Salah Abdeslam in the city last week.
Sky News Middle East correspondent Alex Rossi, who was at the airport en route for Tel Aviv, told the channel: “I could feel the buildings move.”
According to reports the incident centred on an American Airlines desk in a departure hall.
Mr Rossi told Sky News people were “dazed and shocked”.
“The word is definitely two explosions. The thinking here by everybody is that it is some kind of terrorist attack although that hasn’t been verified by anyone here at the airport.
“No word too of casualties. Don’t know how the explosion took place, the method if you like. But it certainly seems Brussels airport has been targeted in a terrorist attack.
“We are all being moved out of the airport now towards the emergency exit. There is a great deal of confusion here. Certainly there are a number of very upset, as you might imagine, very frightened people. There are fears that there might be other attackers.”
The incident comes as the Belgian capital is on a state of high alert following the arrest of Paris terror attack suspect Salah Abdeslam in the city last week.
Sky News Middle East correspondent Alex Rossi, who was at the airport en route for Tel Aviv, told the channel: “I could feel the buildings move.”
According to reports the incident centred on an American Airlines desk in a departure hall.
Mr Rossi told Sky News people were “dazed and shocked”.
“The word is definitely two explosions. The thinking here by everybody is that it is some kind of terrorist attack although that hasn’t been verified by anyone here at the airport.
“No word too of casualties. Don’t know how the explosion took place, the method if you like. But it certainly seems Brussels airport has been targeted in a terrorist attack.
“We are all being moved out of the airport now towards the emergency exit. There is a great deal of confusion here. Certainly there are a number of very upset, as you might imagine, very frightened people. There are fears that there might be other attackers.”
