Brussels: Day 1 after the terror attacks

Members of a civil protection brigade in the area of the explosion at the Maelbeek subway station in Brussels are now being counselled. The metro station, the site of Tuesday's second terrorist attack, will remain closed for several weeks, according to Brussels Mayor Yvan Mayeur.

People across Brussels, above the crowds at the central Place de la Bourse, held a minute of silence on Wednesday in memory of the victims of the country's worst-ever terror attacks. There was also a large crowd at the headquarters of the European Union.

Flags are at half mast on public buildings across Belgium through Thursday, like on Brussels town hall above. Three days of national mourning have been declared.

Still stunned, people wait inside a gym in the town of Leuven turned into a crisis facility for passengers in transit following the evacuation of Brussels Airport.

As Belgian troops patrol central Brussels. Rudi Vervoort, head of Brussels regional government, said despite the heightened security the people of Brussels "must continue to live their normal lives."

A day after the deadly attacks, heavily-armed soldiers check passengers heading into Brussels central train station.....

......hand in hand with police, who also check passengers and their baagage at the station on Wednesday. A day after rail service was suspended due to the deadly terrorist attacks in the Belgian capital, international trains have again begun to arrive in Brussels.

Brussels' historic Place de la Bourse has become the centre for a public outpouring of grief, covered with messages of solidarity, candles and flowers. Like the tributes claiming "Je suis Charlie" after the attacks in Paris last year, shocked citziznes in Brussels show solidarity by saying, I am Brussels.

Zaventem Airport, the site of two suicide blasts in the departure hall a day ago, remained closed on Wednesday. Flights have also been cancelled throughThursday.

King Philippe and Queen Mathilde of Belgium leave after visiting victims of the terrorist attacks, at Erasmus Hospital in Brussels. Belgium's royal couple also met with emergency workers at Zaventem airport. King Phillipe paid tribute to the victims and praised the work of the first responders..