Suspected Paris bomb maker Najim Laachraoui died in Brussels airport attack: sources

Mar. 23, 2016, 6:27 PM EDT

By Erik Ortiz , Richard Esposito , Robert Windrem and Josh Meyer

A suspected bomb-maker who was thought to have eluded authorities amid the deadly terror attacks in Brussels is believed to have been one of the two suicide bombers who died in the violence on the city’s airport, NBC News has learned.

In this image provided by the Belgian Federal Police on March 21, 2016, a combo photograph shows Najim Laachraoui, who was previously identified in a false passport as Soufiane Kayal by Belgium Federal Police, during a money transfer on Nov. 17, 2015 in a Western Union bank in the Brussels region of Belgium. AP