Belgium's federal prosecutor today revealed that Brussels bombmaker Najim Laachraoui (left and centre) - known as the 'Man in White' is still on the run. This morning Belgian media reported that the ISIS explosives expert was taken alive by a SWAT team inside a pizzeria in the Anderlecht suburb of the city, hours after police said he helped carry out the attacks that killed 34 yesterday. However the chief prosecutor has now said he was never in custody after he slipped the net following the bombing attacks at Brussels Airport and is still at large. The latest twist came after Belgian brothers Ibrahim (top right and bottom right) and Khalid El Bakraoui (top right image on the left) were named as two of the ISIS suicide bombers - eight days after they escaped police in a gunfight. Laachraou left a suitcase bomb and walked out of the terminal moments before 14 died at 8am yesterday. Laachraoui was already one of the world's most wanted men, having built the suicide vests that helped kill 130 in Paris last November, and went on the run with Salah Abdeslam before hiding in Brussels for four months. All of the men were 'well known' to police and had been on the run following a shoot-out in a terrorist hideout in the Belgian capital's Forest suburb last Tuesday. In another twist, police are now hunting for a fourth bomber (bottom right image on the left) who accompanied Ibrahim El Bakraoui during the airport attack. Police said Khalid El Bakraoui (top right image on the left) was responsible for the Metro bombing which killed 20.
Brussels weeps for its dead: Heartbreaking scenes as hundreds line city's streets to remember 34 victims killed in terror attacks
Tears spilled today as friends, family and strangers gathered in solidarity today at Brussel's main square to hold vigil for their loved ones lost in yesterday's terror attacks. In heartbreaking images, a mother - known only as Sonia - held her two young children close as she wept for the victims at the city's Place de la Bourse (main). But Brussels remained defiant today as mourners broke out in a round of applause after the minute's silence held this morning at 11am. The square has become a focal point for Belgians to unite and show solidarity against the ISIS terrorists who brought carnage to their city.
Who is the FOURTH bomber? Mystery of jihadist pictured next to the 'man in white'
Belgian prosecutors today revealed that one of the El Bakraoui brothers initially believed to have blown himself up at Brussels Airport was actually the suicide attacker who struck at the Metro station. That means one of the suspects seen on airport CCTV moments before the blasts is an as-yet unidentified militant. That man, seen on the left of three jihadis pushing their trolleys through the check-in area, was this morning reported to be Khalid El Bakraoui. But now investigators revealed Khalid died at the subway station, where sources say he may have detonated two devices almost simultaneously, killing 20 commuters.
Donald Trump slams Muslims for failing to report suspicious activity within their own communities but Britain's Home Secretary Theresa May says he's 'plain wrong'
The US Republican presidential candidate said it was 'a disgrace' that a suspect behind last year's Paris attacks had been found after a long manhunt by police in an area of Brussels where he lived. Mr Trump, who wants a ban on Muslims entering the US, condemned the 'outrageous' attacks on the Brussels airport and metro and said he would 'hit ISIS so hard you wouldn't believe it'. Speaking to ITV's Good Morning Britain, Mr Trump said: 'When they see trouble they have to report it, they are not reporting it, they are absolutely not reporting it and that's a big problem.' But UK Home Secretary Theresa May rejected Mr Trump's criticism, dismissing his argument as 'absolutely not the case'. She said police must work with Muslim communities - as they do in Britain - to 'ensure that everything we do is about uniting our communities and not about dividing them'. In the interview by DailyMail.com U.S. Editor-at-Large Piers Morgan, Mr Trump told of his fury that Paris bombings Salah Abdeslam had been living in a Brussels neighbourhood for four months.
'You're on, you f***ers': Emotional Adele rails against terrorists on-stage as fans light up arena to support the victims of the Brussels bombings
- BREAKING NEWS: Turkey reveals they arrested one of the Brussels bombers near the Syrian border in June and deported him BACK to Belgium – and even warned authorities he was a militant
- Brussels weeps for its dead: Heartbreaking scenes as hundreds line city’s streets to remember 34 victims killed in terror attacks
- Who is the FOURTH bomber? Mystery over Brussels Airport jihadist pictured alongside 'man in white' after police say one of the ISIS brothers blew himself up on Metro train
- Donald Trump slams Muslims for failing to report suspicious activity within their own communities but Britain's Home Secretary Theresa May says he's 'plain wrong'
- PIERS MORGAN: When it comes to terror, isn’t it time we started listening seriously to Trump?
- 'I'm safe': Tragic last text that missing British father sent to his worried aunt after Brussels airport bombings before he got on the metro to work
- Heartbreak for family of 20-year-old law student who died from horrific injuries after Metro bomb
- 'You're on, you f***ers': Emotional Adele rails against terrorists on-stage as fans light up arena to support the victims of the Brussels bombings
- KATIE HOPKINS: To hell with #solidarity. If Europe is willing to accept that Muslim terror is simply the new normal we can't afford to stay part of it
- ISIS celebrate Brussels terror attacks by handing out sweets to residents in Syria
- EU fails to keep us safe, says Michael Howard: Tory peer says Schengen is like 'hanging a sign welcoming terrorists to Europe'
- THIRD brush with terror: American Mormon, 19, left with burns and shrapnel injuries in Brussels attack also survived Boston and Paris bombings
- Man in white’s brother is medal-winning ATHLETE who represents Belgium in Taekwondo but has disowned terror bombmaker Najim
- Woman who was pictured covered in blood and dust in aftermath of Brussels airport bombing is revealed to be an Indian air stewardess who is recovering in hospital
- Metro blast was so fierce that people were burnt on the STREET: Witness tells of horror above ground after massive explosion that killed 20
- PIERS MORGAN: When it comes to terror, isn’t it time we started listening seriously to Trump?
- BREAKING NEWS: Turkey reveals they arrested one of the Brussels bombers near the Syrian border in June and deported him BACK to Belgium – and even warned authorities he was a militant
- Terror in the terminal: Chilling footage shows moment passengers cower under desks and run for their lives in immediate aftermath of twin blasts
- Missing bomber's exit from airport was PLANNED say officials, after footage showed him calmly walking out before explosions rocked terminal in attacks that left 34 dead across Brussels
- THIRD brush with terror: American Mormon, 19, left with burns and shrapnel injuries in Brussels attack also survived Boston and Paris bombings
- ISIS celebrate Brussels terror attacks by handing out sweets to residents in Syria
- So much for Brussels, let's play ball! Smiling Obama ignores calls to cut short Cuba trip and even does The Wave at baseball game
- 'Be careful, Lyin' Ted, or I will spill the beans on your wife!' Furious Trump hits out at Cruz over anti-Donald advert which 'slut-shames' Melania for nude photo shoot
- One World Trade Center in New York lights up in WRONG colors as the world mourns the Brussels terrorist attack
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- Kentucky couple and siblings from New York are among the scores who remain missing after Belgian terror attacks
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- Revealed - Bloodied Belgian airport bomb victim pictured on floor is top basketball player now undergoing surgery to save leg
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KATIE HOPKINS: To hell with #solidarity. If Europe is willing to accept that Muslim terror is simply the new normal we can't afford to stay part of it
It strikes me, instead of normalising terror, instead of accepting that an attack on the UK is inevitable, and instead of the Belgian president announcing 'What we knew would happen has happened', we need leaders who when they stand up and say 'Never again' actually mean it and come up with solutions, writes KATIE HOPKINS. The Managing Editor of Channel 4 News tweeted me last night, asking if I would share a picture of the people of Belgium chalking words of defiance in the public square (pictured right) as if they were all suddenly infantilised by their impotence. I refused. Because, you see, you are not standing up to terror. You are normalising it. On June 23 we really do have the opportunity - probably our last - to say never again. To get out, once and for all.
THIRD brush with terror: American Mormon, 19, left with burns and shrapnel injuries in Brussels attack also survived Boston and Paris bombings
An American Mormon missionary, Mason Wells, 19, was injured in the Brussels airport terrorist attack after having previously survived the Boston bombing and the Paris attacks. Mason suffered a ruptured Achilles tendon, injuries from shrapnel and second- and third-degree burns on his face and hands after the bombing. He is currently in a Belgian hospital, in good spirits and expected to make a full recovery, his parents said. Mason was a block away from the finish line of the Boston Marathon when the bombs went off in 2013 and in Paris during the attacks last year.
Man in white's brother is medal-winning ATHLETE who represents Belgium in Taekwondo but has disowned terror bombmaker Najim
Najim Laachraoui (left) - the 'man in white' filmed walking through Brussel's Zaventem Airport with suicide bombers Ibrahim and Khalid El Bakraoui - is the younger brother Mourad Laachraoui (circled right), who represents Belgium in Taekwondo. Mourad, 29, won a silver medal in the 54kg category at the world championship held in South Korea last year. This is the third medal the electronics' graduate has won for Belgium, adding to previous bronze medals. Mourad has distanced himself from his terrorist younger brother Najim, and the family, who are of Moroccan descent, are deeply ashamed of his fanatical opinions and murderous activities.
'My first instinct was to check I had my legs but I also wanted to take pictures': Photographer caught up in the Brussels airport blasts reveals the story behind iconic image
Mother of twins died in Brussels airport blast - but her children survived terror attack because they ran off to play
Adelma Tapia Ruiz, 36, a Peruvian national who had lived in Belgium for nine years, was on her the way to visit relatives in New York with her daughters when she in the twin blasts at Zaventem airport on Tuesday morning. Ms Tapia's three-year-old twins Maureen and Alondra, and her Belgian husband Christopher Delcambe, survived the attack, as the young girls had run off to play, followed by their father, just moments before the bombs went off. Some 40 different nationalities are believed to be represented among those injured or killed the bombings, the Belgian Foreign Ministry said today.
Murdered schoolgirl Paige Doherty may have been killed elsewhere by sex attacker then dumped by the road, say police as best friend pays emotional tribute
The detective leading the hunt for 15-year-old Paige's killer said he was not ruling out a sexual motive to the shocking murder. He said it was feasible that 4ft 8 Paige - hailed as 'our beautiful girl' by her devastated mother- was killed somewhere else and then dumped in bushes by the busy main road. Lauren Mills, who is believed to be one of the last people to see Paige alive, posted a heartbreaking message to her 'wee villain' and 'bestest friend'. The 15-year-old vanished on her way to collect her wages from her Saturday hairdressing job after staying for the night at Lauren's. Her body was found dumped in a bush in Clydebank, near Glasgow, a mile from where she was due to get on a bus. A frantic search was launched after her mother Pamela Munro, 32, reported her missing and fears grew when there was no sign of the popular teenager over the weekend. Police have since launched a murder inquiry and have appealed for witnesses.
Five women 'are caught on video throwing punches and pulling each other's hair as fight breaks out outside INFANT SCHOOL at picking-up time'
An eyewitness branded the behaviour 'disgusting' and said he saw distressed children screaming and running away in fear as parents, many with prams, waited to collect them. Video footage which appears to show an altercation has since emerged on Facebook. Police said five women, aged 18, 22, 23, 37 and 46, all from Blackburn, were arrested on suspicion of affray and have since been released on bail. Officers were called when trouble flared in the grounds of Meadowhead Community Infant School and Nursery in Blackburn, Lancashire, at around 3.05pm last Thursday.
'I was the hot girl, now I'm the poop girl': Woman who couldn't flush the toilet at her date's house charts how she hid her waste in her HANDBAG in hilarious viral tweets
Makela, from Toronto, Canada, who tweets under the username @_blotty , detailed how she went to the toilet at her partner's house and when the loo wouldn't flush, was forced to take extreme measures. The series of tweets, which have been retweeted thousands of times, Makela revealed how she panicked, wrapped her waste in toilet paper, and even considered throwing it out of the window, before eventually managing to flush it. And after the huge response to her tweets, Makala posted yesterday: 'All of the hard work I put into being a hot girl is tarnished by one teeny tiny poop story. Now I'm just the poop girl.'
Fifty Shedloads of spare books: Charity shop begs readers to stop handing in used copies of EL James's bondage thriller after being inundated
An Oxfam store in Swansea, South Wales, has collected thousands of copies of 50 Shades of Grey after people who bought the erotic thriller are dumping them in the shop. The charity store is now begging readers to stop handing copies over as it says it has received 'literally hundreds' of the books. Rea Stamford-Plows (pictured) is the company director at Goldstone Books in Ammanford, South Wales, which have collected the copies from the shop, now ready to be resold or recycled.
Yvette Cooper kept popping up, only for Osborne to wallop her: QUENTIN LETTS watches George defend his U-turn
On the Labour side, Yvette Cooper (left) kept popping up - only to be walloped. Mr Osborne (right) noted that when she was a Treasury minister, the deficit went haywire. 'When is she going to apologise?' he screamed. Tory MPs: 'Yeah! APOLOGISE!' Oh, for goodness' sake. Yvette pinkened to the hue of strawberry mousse - a damsel who had just seen a knight in his birthday suit, writes QUENTIN LETTS.
EU fails to keep us safe, says Michael Howard: Tory peer delivers devastating verdict saying Schengen is like 'hanging a sign welcoming terrorists to Europe'
'Don't turn Tintagel into King Arthur theme park': English Heritage criticised for 'tampering' with Cornish history over plans to transform castle
The Cornwall Association of Local Historians said it was horrified that the head of the wizard Merlin has already been carved into a rock face at the medieval site. It has urged English Heritage to reconsider its plans which include installing an imposing sculpture partly inspired by King Arthur and a compass installation reminiscent of the round table.
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Taking them home for the last time: Mother who lost five members of her family including her sister and two sons in pier drowning tragedy helps carry their coffins to their house
Heartbroken Louise James was surrounded by loved ones as she carried the coffins of the five members of her family who lost their lives in a tragic accident on an Irish pier (circled in main image). Her partner, Sean McGrotty, their young sons Mark and Evan, her mother Ruth Daniels and her teenage sister Jodie-Lee died when their car apparently slipped on algae and plunged into Buncrana harbour in County Donegal, north-west Ireland. Pictured inset, Miss James with Mr McGrotty and their children.
Toddler with scarlet fever was sent home three times in four days by hospital who dismissed her symptoms as a viral infection
Sheryl Russell, 19, from Catford, London, claims she begged doctors at Lewisham hospital to help 19-month-old Amelia, but was repeatedly told it was an untreatable viral infection. The mum says that only on the fourth check-up when Amelia's hands, feet, face and toes began to swell did a different doctor send the toddler for an X-ray.
Police hunt balaclava-clad men who torched their BMW getaway cars in broad daylight after failing to rob a village bank
A group of masked men torched their two cars after fleeing empty-handed from a HSBC in Hesketh Bank, a quiet village near Preston at around 9.10am on Tuesday. Shocking footage has emerged of one of the vehicles blazing in an inferno of black flames in broad daylight outside the bank, before it is eventually extinguished by firefighters. The raiders set fire to the cars, believed to be stolen and made off in a third, unidentified, vehicle.
'Kill me, please kill me': Chilling moment a musician who murdered his concert pianist wife pleaded with officers arresting him to be allowed to die
Killer John Martin, 48, (pictured left and inset) wailed as police arrested him at his home in Manchester, shouting 'I don't deserve to live'. He was jailed for life on Monday after murdering his wife Natalia Strelchenko, 38, (right) on their second wedding anniversary last August. The court heard the Norwegian bass player strangled and beat Ms Strelchenko to death after flying into a 'jealous rage'.
The three-star hotel where EVERYONE is seeking asylum: Manchester airport accommodation is filled with nearly 300 people trying to stay in the UK
Peering out of a three-star hotel's window, these asylum-seekers are among nearly 300 who currently call the 212-bed Manchester airport accommodation home. The hotel is now believed to be fully occupied by those wanting to permanently remain in Britain after owners made a deal with Home Office contractors to temporarily house hundreds of asylum-seekers. But bosses at Manchester Council were infuriated by the move, vowing to take action after suggesting the hotel is now effectively a hostel and claiming that there has been a change to the original planning permission granted to hotel chain Britannia (left). Council officials say they were left in the dark and not consulted about the deal.
Shocking pictures show couple daring each other to pose for snaps on edge of crumbling 200ft cliff days after experts warn it is collapsing
The man and woman, believed to be in their 20s, were caught on camera balancing on top of the limestone edifice in Seaford Head, East Sussex, in front of stunned onlookers on Monday. Large parts of the cliff edge were last week roped off by the local council when walking enthusiast Wayne Spring noticed huge cracks appearing. Mr Spring, who photographed the couple fooling around, said onlookers feared for the pair's safety. The 49-year-old said: 'The people at the bottom were gasping and waiting for the worst to happen. It really was terrifying and you could hear people shouting "oh my God" from below.' ...read
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Moment Spanish police find migrant hidden away in specially built compartment UNDER a car and another two wedged beneath the dashboard
The three men, aged between 20 and 22 and from Guinea in West Africa, were found trying to cross the border into the Spanish territory of Melilla, a city in northern Africa. Spanish border police discovered one of the youths in a special compartment built underneath the boot, while the other two were wedged underneath the dashboard.
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- BREAKING NEWS: Turkey reveals they arrested one of the Brussels bombers near the Syrian border in June and deported him BACK to Belgium - and even warned authorities he was a militant
- 'I did what I had to do': Brussels metro driver who helped passengers to safety after terror blast blew his train apart killing 20 is already back at work
- BREAKING NEWS: Master bombmaker DID die in Brussels airport suicide attack - as Belgian police reveal the mystery 'man in white' is STILL on the run
- Revealed: Bomber brothers were gangland criminals and wanted by Interpol - but were STILL able to provide ammunition for Paris attacks and rent flat for Brussels mastermind
- 'My first instinct was to check I had my legs but I also wanted to take pictures': Photographer caught up in the Brussels airport blasts reveals the story behind iconic image
- Moment Spanish police find migrant hidden away in specially built compartment UNDER a car and another two wedged beneath the dashboard
- Poland axes promise to take in 7,000 migrants after Brussels suicide bombings as Prime Minister warns of 'plague' of radicalisation
- Israeli minister sparks backlash after saying Belgium should worry more about terror and less about eating chocolate
- Pilot of FlyDubai plane which crashed killing 62 had resigned 'because of unbearable schedule'
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