Brussels ISIL terror cell

Various diagrams and a map of Brussels airport hit by terrorists on Tuesday were found on computers and USB sticks at an apartment located at Pagrati area in Athens, Greece, as TV station SKAI reported.

The apartment was used as a hideout of the ringleader of the Paris terror attacks, Abdelhamid Abaaoud, until January 2015.

A man has been arrested by police in Brussels in connection with recent terror attacks in the city, Belgian public broadcaster RTBF reported on Friday.

The suspect, carrying a backpack, was shot and wounded in Schaerbeek suburb of the Belgian capital after refusing to obey police orders. Blasts were also heard during the anti-terror operation.

Police across Europe have launched operations against people allegedly linked to the Brussels attacks and a total of 12 suspects have been detained in Belgium, France and Germany. 

Belgian authorities arrested a suspect believed to have taken part in the deadly attacks in Brussels, De Standaard newspaper reported.

According to preliminary information, the man arrested was seen at the Metro Station in Maalbeek with Khalid El Bakraoui before the explosion.

It was reported police recognised the man from CCTV footage.

Revelations from Turkey that it had informed Belgium that at least one of the bombers in the March 22 Brussels attack was a jihadist fighter have rocked the Western European country after authorities failed to prevent the deadly assault.

Paris attacks suspect Salah Abdeslam is now willing to be extradited to France, his lawyer has said.

The news, reported by AFP came after Abdeslam had been insisting he would fight the extradition request.

Abdeslam was captured in a special operation in Brussels last week. Some sources suggest  the deadly attacks in Brussels on Tuesday are linked to his arrest.

New information brought to light reveals that the initial target of the terrorists responsible for the deadly attacks in Brussels was Belgian nuclear plant.

The two brothers who blew themselves up in the deadly train and airport attacks in Brussels were known by police for serious crimes and are linked to last November's Paris massacre.

Khalid and Ibrahim El Bakraoui are Belgian nationals with major convictions "not linked to terrorism," federal prosecutor Frederic Van Leeuw said at a dramatic news briefing on March 23.

The Belgian authorities confirmed that brothers Khalid and Brahim El Bakraoui are among Brussels Airport suicide bombers.

According to Belgian broadcaster RTBF, the brothers were known to police for links to organized crime.

In the meantime, authorities have released a manhunt to find the third attacker.

According to media reports, the two suicide bombers, who blew themselves at Zaventem airport on Tuesday, have been identified as brothers Khalid and Brahim el-Bakraoui.

The el-Bakraoui brothers have been well-known to police and have reportedly been sought for hiring properties as hideouts for the perpetrators of last year's attacks in Paris.