(Reuters) — Explosions tore through the departure hall of Brussels airport on Tuesday morning (March 22), killing one person and injuring several others, the Belgian news agency Belga said.
The agency said shots were fired and there were shouts in Arabic shortly before the explosions.
A still photograph uploaded to social media purported to show black smoke rising from a building at Brussels airport following the blasts.
Brussels Airport is cancelling flights and evacuating the airport area, it said on its Twitter account.
“Don’t come to the airport – airport is being evacuated. Avoid the airport area. Flights have been cancelled,” the airport said..
Brussels Airport serves over 23 million passengers a year.