There was more than a little confusion on Wednesday morning when Belgian media reported that ISIS bomb maker Najim Laachraoui had been arrested in Anderlecht.
Laachraoui is now Europe's most wanted man after being identified as the third suspect shown in a screengrab from CCTV footage recorded in Brussels airport before Tuesday's terrorist attacks that killed 11 and wounded dozens more.
Update: Belgian media have withdrawn a report claiming that Najim Laachraoui has been arrested.
Hours after two explosions ripped through the Brussels airport on Tuesday morning killing 10 and wounding scores more, a grainy image was released by authorities that appeared to show three suspects.
Following two days of rangebound moves, where Monday's modest market rebound was undone by the Tuesday just as modest decline (despite the early surge higher on the latest "bullish for stocks" European terrorism), overnight equity action continued to be more of the same, and as of this moment S&P 500 futures were unchanged, while European stocks were modestly higher.
Russian security chief, Franz Klintsevich, has warned that the terrorist attacks in Brussels may just be a ‘training exercise’ in the run up to a much larger terrorist attack in Europe in the coming months. Klintsevich thinks that the UEFA European Championships this June may one of the possible targets ISIS are planning to attack.