More terrorists detained in Belgium and France as Kerry visits Brussels

Belgian police arrested three suspects after raids in Brussels today. One man was carrying a bag of explosives and was shot in the leg before being detained.

The men were captured in three separate locations around the city and are believed to be connected to Tuesday’s terror attack, which killed 31 people and left nearly 300 others injured. The suspects also could be linked to a man arrested in Paris on Thursday, who is thought to have been plotting another attack.

Reda Kriket, 34, had a previous conviction for terror activities in Belgium and was linked to Abdelhamid Abaaoud, the Belgian man considered the ringleader of the Nov. 13 attack in Paris.

While police conducted their raids, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry joined Belgian officials for a wreath-laying ceremony at the Brussels airport, where two suicide bombers blew themselves up Tuesday. Kerry said the world would unite to wipe out Islamic State (ISIS), the terror group that claimed responsibility for both the Paris and Brussels attacks.

“We will not be deterred,” he said. “We will come back with greater resolve—with greater strength—and we will not rest until we have eliminated your nihilistic beliefs and cowardice from the face of the Earth.”

U.S. officials confirmed at least two Americans were among those killed Tuesday. Two Dutch nationals who lived in New York, a brother and sister, also died, according to their family. Alexander and Sascha Pinczowski were at the Brussels airport, preparing to fly home, when the two suicide attackers detonated their bombs. Alexander, 29, was on the phone with his mother at the time, according to James Cain, whose daughter was the young man’s fiancée.

Victims also included British, Chinese, French, and Dutch citizens, as well as Belgian nationals.

While investigators try to piece together details of the attack and track down others who might have been involved, Belgian officials are fending off accusations that security lapses helped enable the bombings. Turkish officials claim they warned Belgium last year that one of the suicide attackers tried to join ISIS. Turkey deported Ibrahim El Bakraoui, a Belgian citizen, in June.

Belgian officials are still hunting one terrorist captured in a surveillance photo at the airport. The other two men with him are confirmed as the two suicide bombers.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.