Pieces of shrapnel which were blasted into the bodies of Brussels terror attack victims have been shown to the media by surgeons.
The mangled and twisted bits of metal caused massive injuries in many of the people who survived the atrocities at the city's airport and a metro station on Tuesday.
Belgium's King Phillipe and Queen Mathilde saw the shrapnel during a visit to a hospital.
Nails and screws were also used in the bombs, which left at least 31 people dead and 316 injured.
At the airport, bombs were hidden in suitcases that were pushed on trolleys by the attackers.
Two of the men blew themselves up while a third - a man who US authorities have identified - fled after his device failed to go off.
search of an apartment in the Brussels district of Schaerbeek, where a taxi driver had picked up the three suspects, investigators found a nail bomb.
Meanwhile, it has emerged a German lawyer on a business trip to Brussels escaped the airport bombing and then the metro station attack.
Marc Schreiner said: "People were running in panic. So then I hurried up to get out of the airport area, was lucky to get a cab which brought me into the city.
He said he went downstairs and directed passengers out of the smokey entrance hall using his mobile phone light.
Also, a woman pictured speaking on a mobile phone with her hand covered in blood has been reliving her ordeal at the airport.
Stefanie De Loof, from aid charity Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF), said: "After the first explosion, I thought that a crane had fallen. But when I saw the panic, I hid in a foetal position under the bench with my bags in front of me. They saved my life.
"The second bomb exploded 10 metres from me. I was only hit by a bit of glass on the head. Seeing that I was bleeding heavily, I wondered if a bullet had hit me.
"It was total chaos but my instinct told me to stay under the bench, afraid the terrorists would start shooting with Kalashnikovs and afraid the roof might collapse."
She added: "My experiences with MSF after the earthquakes in Pakistan in 2005 and in Haiti in 2010 helped me stay calm."
Downing Street said six Britons were injured in the attacks, four of whom have been discharged from hospital.
The family of Brussels-based David Dixon, 53, originally from Hartlepool and who has been missing since the metro blast, said they are "anxiously waiting" and hoping for "good news" about him.
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