It is not clear whether the suspect is the so-called "man in white" who fled Zaventem Airport moments after the blasts.
Faycal Cheffou is in police custody in Belgium
A man identified as Faycal Cheffou has been charged with terrorist murder after the Brussels attacks which left 31 people dead.
Cheffou has also been charged with participation in a
terrorist group and attempted terrorist killings, Belgian prosecutors
said in a statement.
He was one of several men detained in police raids on Thursday.
Two other men, Aboubakar A. and Rabah N. have also been
charged with terrorist activities and membership of a terrorist group,
according to Belgian prosecutors.
Rabah N. was arrested in a raid in France this week that authorities say foiled an apparent attack plot.
Authorities in Belgium and France have carried out numerous
raids and made a series of arrests over the last few days as part of a
major terror crackdown.
Among those most-wanted is the third suspect in the Brussels airport bombings.
The so-called "man in white" was pictured on CCTV wearing a
hat and a light jacket with two other suspects who blew themselves up
moments later.
He was then seen fleeing the building after his bomb allegedly failed to detonate.
Belgium media reports suggest Cheffou, a freelance
journalist, is the third man, however that has not been confirmed by
Belgian prosecutors.
Other reports claim the "man in white" is Mohamed Abrini, an
alleged acquaintance of detained Paris attacks suspect, Salah Abdeslam.
Belgium remains on high alert following this week's airport
and metro bombings which killed 31 people, including 11 foreign
nationals from eight different countries.
One man was shot and wounded by police in Brussels on Friday after failing to respond to demands to raise his arms.
The man, wearing a backpack, was shot in the leg as he stood with a young girl, thought to be his daughter.
Sky's Mark Stone said it is now thought the shooting may
have been in error and that the man failed to respond to police because
he did not understand French or Flemish.
Brussels airport, meanwhile, has announced it will not reopen for passenger flights before Tuesday.
The latest terror raids come amid reports that the ringleader of
November's Paris attacks may have been involved in plans to attack the
Brussels airport early last year.
Drawings and a map of Zaventem Airport were found on a
computer and USB device in an apartment in Athens used by Abdelhamid
Abaaoud in January 2015, Greece's SKAI news organisation reported.
Abaaoud was killed during a raid by police in the
Saint-Denis area of Paris in November 2015, days after orchestrating the
terror strikes in the city.
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