Wanted: Belgium police searching for suspect seen in this surveillance photo

A photo taken by a surveillance camera at Brussels Airport reportedly shows the men suspected of carrying out the bombings there, Belgium's police say.
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A photo taken by a surveillance camera at Brussels Airport reportedly shows the men suspected of carrying out the bombings there, Belgium's police say.



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In the photo — which was distributed for "internal use" before it was leaked to Belgian media outlets and later confirmed by a spokeswoman speaking to the AFP as central to the ongoing investigation — two men in black and another in white are seen pushing luggage carts through the departures area.

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The men in black are each wearing a single black glove on their left hands.

Police believe they may be the bombers; the Belgian newspaper La Libre said, citing sources, that each glove contained the explosive vest's trigger devices.

The third man, in white and wearing a dark hat, is reportedly still at large and now at the center of an intense manhunt.

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Belgium police tweeted his photo on Tuesday afternoon and asked, "Do you recognize this man?" In that photo the man can be seen pushing a large, black duffel bag.

In a corresponding Facebook post, police write, "He is suspected of having committed the attack at Zaventem Airport on Tuesday, 22 March 2016. If you recognize this individual or if you have any information regarding this attack, please contact the investigators via the free phone number 0800 30 300."

They add: "Discretion assured."

The Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attacks on Tuesday.

The attackers were armed with suicide belts and other devices, read the statement which also said Belgium had been targeted because of its participation in the international coalition to defeat ISIS.

Belgian police said that a kalashnikov and an unexploded suicide belt was later found at the airport. 

Another unexploded device left at the scene was reportedly detonated by the authorities in the hours after the attack. 

See Mashable's live blog for the latest on the Brussels attacks, which killed more than 31 people and left more than one hundred injured in separate attacks on the airport and the subway.

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