PHOTOS: Brussels attacks on Zaventem Airport and Maalbeek Metro station

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.

At least 30 people have been killed in blasts which exploded at the departures area of the airport and at the Metro station shortly afterwards.

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

Travellers get to their feet in a smoke filled terminal at Brussels Airport after explosions

 

People stand near Brussels airport after being evacuated following explosions that rocked the facility in Brussels

 

Two women wounded in Brussels Airport in Brussels

Passengers and airport staff are evacuated from the terminal building after explosions at Brussels Airport in Zaventem near Brussels

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

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

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

Wounded people receive assistance by rescuers outside the Maalbeek metro station in Brussels

Isis has since claimed responsibility for the attacks.

People are evacuated from the Schuman station in Brussels

A Belgian soldier stands guard outside the Maalbeek metro station in Brussels after a blast at this station located near the EU institutions

Rescue workers treat victims outside the Maelbeek underground station

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

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.

Soure: www.independent.co.uk