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Brussels bombing suspect let go as new 'man in hat' CCTV footage released

Belgian police have released a man that they had initially charged with "participation in a terrorist group" and "terrorist killings" in connection with the Brussels attacks on the same day that they revealed new CCTV footage of another suspect.

Faycal C, who was the only person charged in connection with last week's attacks, was released due to "lack of evidence", prosecutors said.

It comes as US Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump warned Britain and Europe are "not safe" following the recent terror attacks.

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Brussels airport terrorist's bomb 'failed to detonate'

The 'man in white' on the right is still on the run after the attacks

A fugitive terror suspect involved in the terrorist attack on Brussels airport fled after his bomb failed to go off, a prosecutor has said.

The 'man in white' pictured on CCTV of the terrorists at the airport, and believed to be IS bomb-maker Najim Laachraoui, apparently had the largest amount of explosives backed into his bag - but the bomb malfunctioned.

"His bomb did not explode," prosecutor Frederic Van Leeuw told the media.

“It contained the biggest explosive charge and there was great instability of the explosives.”

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