Brussels airport and metro hit by blasts

Explosions rocked the Brussels airport and the subway system on Tuesday, killing 26 people and injuring over 100, according to reports. Switzerland’s president sent a message of sympathy to the victims of the attacks.  Two explosions ripped through the departure hall at Brussels Zaventem airport at around 8am local time on Tuesday, minutes apart.   Belgium’s federal prosecutor confirmed that one of the explosions at Brussels airport was carried out by a suicide bomber. Belgian media reported 13 deaths and over 80 people injured. An explosion was also reported about 30 minutes later at Maelbeek metro station, which is located 500 metres from European Union buildings. A Brussels transit spokesman told Associated Press that 15 died and 55 were injured in the metro attack. They occurred four days after the arrest in Brussels of Salah Abdeslam, a suspected participant in November 2015 militant attacks in Paris that killed 130 people. Belgian ...