BRUSSELS: A third man caught on CCTV footage with two bombers who attacked Brussels airport on Tuesday was named as Faycal Cheffou in Belgian media on Saturday.

In a statement on Friday, it had named as “Faycal C” one of three men police had detained near the federal prosecutor’s office, the heavily guarded center of the investigation effort.

It did not say, however, whether he was the third man, seen on CCTV footage wearing a hat and a light jacket at Brussels airport with two other suspects believed to have blown themselves up.

Le Soir newspaper said Faycal C was identified by a taxi driver who drove the attackers to the airport. Earlier it had quoted police sources as saying it was highly likely Faycal Cheffou was the third man.

Other media also carried similar reports and said Cheffou was a freelance journalist.

Brussels airport will not reopen before Tuesday as it implements new security measures and repairs the departure hall wrecked by a suicide bomb attack earlier this week, Zaventem airport said in a statement on Saturday.

“Passenger flights at Brussels Airport will not resume before Tuesday 29 March,” Zaventem airport said in a statement.

“Brussels Airport is starting preparations to partially resume passenger flights and to implement the new security measures at Belgian airports, decided by the federal government,” it added.

The federal prosecutor’s office could not immediately be reached for comment.

It gave no details of what the new security measures involve but immediately after Tuesday’s attacks, there was a lot of criticism that security at the airport was light, with no systematic checks on passengers entering the departure hall.