Prosecutor: Raids Happening Around Belgium To Find Airport Bombing Suspects

Screengrab, released by the federal police on demand of the Federal prosecutor, shows suspects at Brussels Airport Explosions in Brussels, Belgium - 22 Mar 2016 (Rex Features via AP Images)
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BRUSSELS (AP) — A Belgian prosecutor says police raids are happening around the country after two men “probably” staged suicide bombings at the Brussels airport and a third fled.

Prosecutor Frederic Van Leeuw said Tuesday that the third suspect is actively being sought by police.

At least 31 people were killed and nearly 190 wounded in the two airport bombings and another in the Brussels subway system.

Prime Minister Charles Michel said the country will tighten security at its borders. He declared three days of national mourning after what he says were probably the most tragic attacks the country has seen in peacetime.

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