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A picture released by the Belgian Federal Police shows a screengrab of the airport CCTV camera showing suspects of Tuesday's attacks at Brussels Airport, in Zaventem.(Photo: AFP/Getty Images)
Belgian prosecutors<span style="color: Red;">*</span>charged three men for<span style="color: Red;">*</span>terrorist offenses Saturday, including a man identified by Belgian media as the "man in the hat" shown on surveillance video at Brussels Airport minutes before Tuesday's attacks.
While prosecutors have not officially<span style="color: Red;">*</span>identified a<span style="color: Red;">*</span>suspect as the man in the video, they confirmed they have charged a man identified as "Faycal C." for<span style="color: Red;">*</span>“involvement in a terrorist group, terrorist murder and attempted terrorist murder.”
Belgian state TV<span style="color: Red;">*</span>and the newspaper<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Le Soir,<span style="color: Red;">*</span>using a different spelling, identified the suspect<span style="color: Red;">*</span>as<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Faisal Cheffou, a Belgian freelance filmmaker and journalist.
They say<span style="color: Red;">*</span>he was fingered by<span style="color: Red;">*</span>a taxi driver who<span style="color: Red;">*</span>picked up<span style="color: Red;">*</span>three men on Tuesday,<span style="color: Red;">*</span>including two of the suicide bombers<span style="color: Red;">*</span>who blew themselves up at the airport in the terror attacks that killed at least 31 people.
Prosecutors are awaiting DNA evidence before making an official statement on whether they believe they have the third terrorist in custody,<span style="color: Red;">*</span>RTBF,<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Belgian state TV, reported.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Prosecutors did say that they have searched the latest suspect's<span style="color: Red;">*</span>home and turned up<span style="color: Red;">*</span>no weapons or explosives.
In a statement Friday, the prosecutor's<span style="color: Red;">*</span>office said<span style="color: Red;">*</span>"Faycal C" was one of three men police detained near the federal prosecutor's office.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Eric Van Der<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Sypt, a spokesman for the prosecutor's<span style="color: Red;">*</span>office, said the three were picked up<span style="color: Red;">*</span>while standing "outside our door."
On the surveillance video, the third<span style="color: Red;">*</span>terrorist, wearing a hat and light-colored clothing on the right, is shown walking beside the two other terrorists. Authorities<span style="color: Red;">*</span>said the<span style="color: Red;">*</span>man was pushing a cart with luggage containing a 35-pound bomb that did not detonate. The man fled and has been the main target of a manhunt since the attacks. The bomb was later set off in a controlled explosion.
Prosecutors say two other suspects<span style="color: Red;">*</span>arrested Thursday and identified as Rabah N. and Aboubakar A. have been charged with “involvement in the activities of a terrorist group,” according to the Associated Press
A fourth man, taken into custody Friday after he was shot by police at a Brussels tram stop, is being held for at least 24 hours longer.
The other two men in the airport surveillance video have been identified as<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Ibrahim El Bakraoui, 29, seen walking in the middle, and Najim Laachraoui, a bombmaker linked by DNA to the Paris terror attacks in November that killed 130 people.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Also identified in the Brussels attacks is Khalid El Bakraoui, 27, Ibrahim's brother, who blew himself up in a subway car at a<span style="color: Red;">*</span>metro station.
Meanwhile, organizers postponed plans for a march Sunday from the Place de la Bourse in Brussels to the city’s Gare du Nord that was intended as a show of solidarity for the victims of the terror attacks, Belgian state TV reported.
The cancellation followed an<span style="color: Red;">*</span>appeal by<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Belgian<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Interior Minister Jan Jambon, who said police<span style="color: Red;">*</span>are too stretched with the investigation into the attacks to provide proper security.
In addition,<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Brussels Airport officials say flights won’t resume before Tuesday as they assess the damage caused by twin explosions in the terminal.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Brussels Airport handles 23.5 million passengers annually. It links Brussels with 226 destinations worldwide and is served by 77 different airlines.
Follow<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Doug Stanglin on Twitter @dstanglin
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