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More than 48 hours after the Brussels attacks, the search for the missing continues, as friends and relatives frantically look for loved ones, writes Jennifer Rankin.

According to the latest tally, 31 people lost their lives in Tuesday’s explosions at the airport and metro, and more than 300 were injured. Belgian media report that 150 remain in hospital, 61 in intensive care, while four people have not been identified.

Reflecting Brussels international mix, people from around 40 countries were killed or injured in the attacks, a factor that is complicating final identifications.

As Belgium marks a second day of national mourning, family and friends have taken to Facebook and Twitter to search for loved ones.



Sabrina Esmael Fazal, 24, has not been seen since Tuesday and is thought to have taken the metro to school. “She must have taken the metro passing through Maalbeek at the moment of the disaster on her way to school,” states an appeal for help posted on Facebook.

#recherchebruxelles (@rechercheBXL) #PleaseRT Sabrina. Pas de nouvelles. merci de contacter Valérie Gérard.#AttaquesBruxelles #recherchebruxelles pic.twitter.com/KlxOOzgpmC

On Thursday morning family and friends were still searching for Loubna Lafkiri, a gym teacher, also believed to have taken the metro.

#recherchebruxelles (@rechercheBXL) Loubna Lafquiri métro Maelbeek

contacter au 0472/81.35.68 ou 0485/04.30.81 #recherchebruxelles #AttaquesBruxelles pic.twitter.com/XnpnLZCfoA

Not far from Maelbeek metro station, is a notice appealing for any information about Johanna Atlegrim, aged 30, believed to have been on the metro during the attacks.

#recherchebruxelles (@rechercheBXL) #PleaseRT Johanna Altegrim 30 ans grande et longiligne Metro de Maelbeek. #AttaquesBruxelles #recherchebruxelles pic.twitter.com/shf1bwUTtg

Family and friends are also searching for Polish national Janina Pansewicz, 61.

Yves Ciyombo Cibuabua, 28, “was certainly at Maalbeek at the moment of the attacks”, his stepsister writes in a Facebook post. “We are still without news of him. We have tried everything.”

