Brussels attacks on Zaventem Airport and Maalbeek Metro station: In pictures

Two women wounded in Brussels Airport in Brussels

Dozens of people have been killed at Brussels Airport in two explosions and a further blast at the Maalbeek Metro station in the Beglian capital.

Up to 23 people have been killed, according to reports, in blasts which exploded at the departures area of the airport and at the Metro station shortly afterwards.

The airport blasts struck at just after 8am local time, 7am GMT, close to the American Airlines section of the airport.

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People are seen running from the terminal building

A man is wounded in Brussels Airport following two blasts at 8am local time

Passengers comfort each other as they are evacuated from the terminal building after explosions at Brussels Airport in Zaventem

Would-be fliers are evacuated from the airport in Brussels

The explosion took place in the departures lounge, beyond airport security areas.

Another explosion then hit Maalbeek Metro station, located near EU institutions, one hour later.

Smoke rising from the Maalbeek underground, in Brussels, following a blast at the station close to the capital's European quarter

Emergency personnel are seen at the scene of a blast outside a metro station in Brussels

There are unconfirmed reports of Arabic shouting before the explosions hit, but these are disputed among witnesses.

People are evacuated from the Schuman station in Brussels

Emergency rescue workers stretcher an unidentified person at the site of an explosion at a metro station in Brussels

Up to 35 people are believed to be injured, according to reports.

The events come four days after the long-pursued suspect in the November Paris attacks, Salah Abdeslam, was captured in the Belgian capital.

The raid in which Abdeslam was arrested in Brussels last week

The cause of the explosions has not yet been confirmed.