At least 21 people have been killed and dozens more injured in twin terrorist bombings that hit the subway system and airport of Brussels on Tuesday.

One of the terrorists fired a weapon and shouted in Arabic before the explosions went off, Belgian news agency Belga reported.

“It was atrocious. The ceilings collapsed. There was blood everywhere, injured people, bags everywhere,” Zach Mouzoun told Sky News.

“We were walking in the debris. It was a war scene.”

Confused and shocked, passengers fled the terminal to safety as they were evacuated by armed police.

Footage also showed ceiling tiles littered across the floor and strewn black luggage belts, cases and bags at a check-in desk.

According to reports the suspected terror attack centred on an American Airlines desk in a departure hall at around 8am.

The onslaught comes days after the arrest of the Paris terrorist attack ringleader Salah Abdeslam.

This story is still developing.

Message for U.S. citizens in #Brussels: shelter in place, avoid public transportation. More info: @usembbrussels | https://t.co/HtvvprmlW4

— Department of State (@StateDept) March 22, 2016

Social media documented much of the frightening scenes.

Footage: People running for cover after two explosions at #Brussels airporthttps://t.co/PbbXrhOAuF

— CCTVNEWS (@cctvnews) March 22, 2016

Within the last three hours, there have been a number of explosions across #Brussels. @eddy_meyer reports #9News https://t.co/tHUfgMVaDD

— Nine News Australia (@9NewsAUS) March 22, 2016

A photo from within the #Brussels airport that was attacked pic.twitter.com/j9H1qtw466

— Jenna Abrams (@Jenn_Abrams) March 22, 2016

Powerful @AP photo by @KARDAVAKETEVAN from the #Brussels Airport this morning. https://t.co/Ba2tWnjY2Z pic.twitter.com/3BeQZ3BTVc

— Karly Domb Sadof (@kdombsadof) March 22, 2016

“Shots were fired and Arabic was screamed before the explosions.”#Brussels #BrusselsAttack #Belgium pic.twitter.com/Q9eaOGrkJF

— Cameron Gray (@Cameron_Gray) March 22, 2016

Images show scale of destruction at #Brussels Zavantem Airport https://t.co/pUnPZusY4A pic.twitter.com/YSTsEsPh5N

— VICE News (@vicenews) March 22, 2016

?‼The extent of the explosion by a suicide bomber … the lobby of the airport in #Brussels seriously damaged. pic.twitter.com/LeCS3hkpUR

— Onlinemagazin (@OnlineMagazin) March 22, 2016

WATCH LIVE: RT special coverage of terror attacks in #Brussels https://t.co/v6frE4HYSL pic.twitter.com/hpYwnzADWL

— RT (@RT_com) March 22, 2016

Passengers evacuated from metro in #Brussels after explosion at #Maalbeek station. Latest: https://t.co/eK4sAuHQs1 pic.twitter.com/CRJ0MmPlPt

— BBC Breaking News (@BBCBreaking) March 22, 2016

Photos of couple people wounded from #Brussels Airport explosion.
Police say at least 1 dead and many injured.#UK pic.twitter.com/GdW0fC4vZ9

— Raven*H⚓️U*Wolf (@RavenHUWolf) March 22, 2016

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