Terrorists in Brussels carried explosive devices packed in suitcases

The Belgian authorities on Tuesday disclosed photos of three terror suspects who had appeared at Zaventem International Airport in Brussels where two cases of bombing terrors took place. They are also focusing on arresting one of the three who has high possibility of having fled.

The three men were caught on the surveillance camera in the airport, among which two wearing black color clothes on upper body are estimated to have committed suicide bombing. The man on the right, wearing a white jacket and a hat, is likely to have fled. Police disclosed Wednesday the names of the two men in black, Khalid and Brahim El Bakraoui, 27- and 30-year-old brothers.

Three bombs were set up in the airport, it was found. Airport spokesman Florence Muls said police found the third bomb, which had not exploded, and dismantled. Police also found an explosive containing a nail, chemical materials and ISIS flag at the apartment at the district of Schaarbeek, Brussels, where Najim Laachraoui, bomb maker, was staying. Police had openly searched for this suspect after arresting Salah Abdeslam, one of the attackers in Paris. The ISIS sent out a statement in both Arab and French saying "Our brothers wore a suicide bomb belt and wanted to bring the maximum deaths at Brussels international airport and a city metro station," claiming they were behind the latest terror attack.

The New York Times said it analyzed the photos of the three men the Belgium police disclosed and discovered three traces of ISIS's statement. The first one is that the Bakraoui brothers wore black gloves on their left hands. The bombs used in this terror attack is highly likely to have been the TATP used in Paris attacks. There is a saying that an "ISIS terrorist carries AK-47 gun on one hand and TATP bomb on the other," signaling that it enjoys using TATP. The gloves are worn to hide the detonator embedded in the palm.

Second, the trio were moving with big bags on the cart. the IS claims the latest attack used suicide vests, but the explosion power surpasses the suicide vests used in Paris. Dr. Jimmie C Oxley, a professor of chemistry at the University of Rhode Island, said if suicide vests in Paris had a one-pound TATP power, the latest was equivalent to 30-100 pounds of TATP power. This is also backed by the fact that a nail bomb was used to increase killing power.

Third, the trio had short mustache. IS bans shaving beard saying it is a Western Christian culture. However, the identity of the terrorists acting in foreign countries including Europe have been revealed too often, and IS now allows a short mustache. Paris attackers had appearance of a typical European men.

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