Brussels Attacks: Chicago Airports, CTA See Beefed-Up Police Presence After Terror Bombings

CHICAGO, IL — Extra police officers and canine units were deployed to O'Hare International Airport, Midway International Airport and CTA stations in Chicago Tuesday morning after three terrorist attacks in Brussels killed at least 30 people and wounded 230.

The Islamic State terror group claimed responsibility for the airport and subway bombings.

Interim Chicago Police Superintendent John Escalante ordered the increased police security in Chicago, which includes dogs, uniformed officers, plainclothes officers and extra patrols, as a precaution.

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Department of Homeland Security agents also were seen at O'Hare.

"We rely on Chicago police as we always do and they work several local and federal agencies and we're very comfortable with whatever protocols and procedures they have in place," Chicago Dept. of Aviation Commissioner Ginger Evans said.

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City aviation police, the only unarmed airport officers in the U.S., must “find a place to hide" if someone attacks at O'Hare or Midway.

The attacks come four days after the capture of Europe’s most wanted man, Salah Abdeslam, who was taken into custody Friday for his connection to the November attacks in Paris that killed 130 people.

European airports tightened security in the aftermath of the Brussels attack, as did airports and transit centers in New York, Washington, D.C., Los Angeles, and other major U.S. cities.

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