3 more face terror charges in Brussels; death toll rises

Belgian authorities on Monday charged three people detained during Sunday's raids with participating in terrorist activities, but a judge released another suspect, according to state media and the Associated Press.

Prosecutors ordered the three — identified as Yassine A., Mohamed B. and Aboubaker O. — be held on terrorism-related charges, according to broadcaster RTBF.

The authorities said the trio were part of a group of nine people who were rounded up Sunday during a series of raids across Belgium. Five of them were released later Sunday, and authorities said Monday that the sixth remaining detainee was released without charges, RTBF reported.

A man known as Faycal C., who was detained in connection with the attacks, has been released by a judge. The Belgian federal prosecutor's office said the judge found no evidence to justify holding the man identified in news reports as Fayal Cheffou, who faced preliminary charges of “involvement in a terrorist group, terrorist murder and attempted terrorist murder.”

Raids have occurred almost daily since last Tuesday's suicide bombings at Brussels' main airport and a subway station near the headquarters of the European Union. At least four Americans died in the attacks.

On Monday, Belgian health minister Maggie De Block said four of those wounded in the attacks have died at the hospital, bringing the number of dead to 35.

Residents don't want Brussels to turn into a city of fear

The Brussels Airport remains closed. Eight hundred staff members are due to test the temporary infrastructure and passenger check-in system Tuesday to determine whether the airport can partially reopen. Belgian government officials must approve the new passenger service arrangements.

"The simple fact is that a restart in the short term is not possible in the devastated infrastructure," the airport staff said in a news release on the airport's website.

Before the bombings, Brussels Airport served about 600 flights a day and 23.5 million passengers per year.

Meanwhile, the website of Belgium’s Federal Police on Monday began carrying a 32-second video of a mysterious man in a hat suspected of having taking part in the airport bombing, according to the AP.

“The police are seeking to identify this man,” the site says.

The video shows the man, wearing glasses and a white jacket, wheeling a baggage cart through the airport along with the two men identified by Belgian authorities as the bombers.

Police did not say why they had released the video.

The Associated Press and USA TODAY's Matthew Diebel contributed to this report.