{"id":24224,"date":"2016-03-29T02:21:31","date_gmt":"2016-03-29T02:21:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/belgium-police-still-hunting-third-airport\/"},"modified":"2016-03-29T02:20:28","modified_gmt":"2016-03-29T02:20:28","slug":"belgium-police-still-hunting-third-airport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/belgium-police-still-hunting-third-airport\/","title":{"rendered":"Belgium police still hunting third airport suspect"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>{Authorities issue appeal for information about third suspect caught on airport CCTV as death toll rises to 35.}<\/p>\n<p>Belgian authorities have issued a new appeal for information about a man caught on CCTV at Brussels airport with two others who are thought to have blown themselves up in the check-in area last Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Belgian Federal Police released on Monday a 32-second video of a mysterious man in a hat seen in the company of the airport suicide bombers, indicating that he could still be at large.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this week, Belgian media had claimed that a detained man named Faycal Cheffou was the mysterious suspect in the white jacket and dark hat.<\/p>\n<p>Police at the time would not comment on those reports, but charged Cheffou on Saturday with &#8220;taking part in a terrorist group, terrorist murder and attempted terrorist murder&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>But Cheffou was freed on Monday following a lack of evidence linking him to the carnage, Belgian prosecutors said. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The clues that had led to the arrest of [the person] named Faycal C were not backed up by the progression of the ongoing investigation,&#8221; the federal prosecution said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities also announced that the number of victims from last week&#8217;s airport and subway suicide bombings rose to 35.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, Belgian Health Minister Maggie De Block announced on her Twitter account that four of those hospitalised after the bombings had died of their injuries.<\/p>\n<p>She posted: &#8220;Four patients deceased in hospital. Medical teams did all possible. Total victims: 35. Courage to all the families.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>De Block reported over the weekend that 101 of those wounded in the blasts were still being treated in hospitals, including 32 in burns units. <\/p>\n<p>On Sunday, investigators launched raids in Brussels and two other cities, taking four more people into custody.<\/p>\n<p>The Belgian Federal Prosecutors Office provided no details of the alleged actions committed by the suspects and said the fourth person detained on Sunday was released without charge.<\/p>\n<p>The bombings, the bloodiest tragedy in recent Belgian history, were claimed by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).<\/p>\n<p>Several people have been arrested on terrorism charges in Belgium, France, Germany and Italy since the attacks in Brussels.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-11234 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/a205f731f5cc4e1fba25a36660ea8ded_18.jpg\" alt=\"An image showing police as they coax a young girl away from a suspect laying on the ground at a tram stop in Brussels on Friday\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>{Authorities issue appeal for information about third suspect caught on airport CCTV as death toll rises to 35.} Belgian authorities have issued a new appeal for information about a man caught on CCTV at Brussels airport with two others who are thought to have blown themselves up in the check-in area last Tuesday. 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