Newspaper says one of the three people charged is believed to be the third fugitive airport bomber.
Belgian prosecutors have charged three men with terrorist offences, including a suspect who local media said appeared on security footage with two suicide bombers at Brussels airport shortly before they detonated their bombs.
Authorities identified the first suspect on Saturday as Faycal C., although Belgian media reported his full name as Faycal Cheffou.
The newspaper Le Soir reported that he is believed to be the third attacker at the Brussels airport, who has been on the run.
Prosecutors also alleged that he was the man wearing a hat and a light-coloured jacket in last Tuesday’s airport picture that showed three men pushing baggage trolleys bearing luggage.
The newspaper said Faycal C. was identified by a taxi driver who drove the attackers to the airport.
Faycal C. was one of those detained by authorities following raids on Thursday evening in the Schaerbeek and Jette neighbourhoods of Brussels.
An arrest was also made in France on Thursday, while separate raids were carried out on Friday in Schaerbeek, Forest and Saint-Gilles areas of Brussels.
Prosecutors said the home of Faycal C. was searched by investigators, but no weapons or explosives were found.
Prosecutors said they have also charged two other people with participation in the activities of a terrorist group but do not establish a direct link between them and the Brussels attacks.
The two men were identified as Aboubakar A. and Rabah N. Rabah N. was wanted in connection with a related raid in France this week that authorities said foiled an apparent attack plot.
In total, nine people have been arrested since Thursday in Belgium and two in Germany.
Authorities also said that a man arrested on Friday after being shot in the leg at a tram stop in the Brussels district of Schaerbeek was being held for a further 24 hours. He was identified as Abderamane A. and was one of three people arrested on Friday.
‘Nail bombs’
Prosecutors said the main suspects of the Brussels attacks evaded authorities by using an empty building under renovation to assemble the “home-made nail bombs”.
Officials said there were no nearby neighbours to notice the suspects taking in large quantities of strong-smelling household chemicals, as well as a suitcase of nails, to concot an unstable white explosive powder known as TATP, or triacetone triperoxide.
Meanwhile, Brussels airport officials said flights would not resume before Tuesday as they assess the damage caused by twin explosions in the terminal earlier this week.
Authorities have wrapped up their investigation of the crime scene at the airport, and will allow engineers into the building to check its structural safety and information technology systems — and whether any damage can be repaired quickly.
The Brussels Airport Company said Saturday it is “currently studying a temporary solution to partially resume passenger flights, taking into account the new security measures” decided by the federal government.
Brussels Airport handles 23.5 million passengers annually. It links Brussels with 226 destinations worldwide and is served by 77 different airlines.
Suicide bombers hit the Brussels airport and a metro train on March 22, killing 31 people and wounding at least 270 in the worst such attack in Belgian history.
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, also known as ISIS) group, which claimed responsibility for the Brussels bombings, also took credit for coordinated attacks in Paris in November which killed 130 people.
On Saturday, organisers of a peace march in Brussels announced its event on Sunday has been postponed, after appeals from officials, who said police are already overstretched, with investigations on the attacks still ongoing.
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