It comes after a gunman killed two Swedish nationals at a football match on Monday evening
Belgian police officers comb for evidence in a street after two people were killed during a shooting in Brussels Police in Brussels have shot a man after a gunman killed two Swedish nationals at a football match on Monday evening.Belgium police had been searching for a 45-year-old Tunisian gunman after the two victims, who were both wearing Sweden football tops, were killed and a third wounded on Monday in what Prime Minister Alexander De Croo called a brutal terrorist attack.
The attacker, who unsuccessfully sought asylum in Belgium in November 2019, was known to police over people smuggling and illegal residence in the country, Justice Minister Vincent Van Quickenborne told a news conference earlier on Tuesday. The football match went ahead but was abandoned at half-time after officials said the shooting may have been terrorism – with security officials saying the highest priority for authorities was to get the over 35,000 fans in attendance safely out of the stadium.
According to a media transcript of the video message recorded by the self-declared perpetrator, he said he had killed Swedes to take revenge in the name of Muslims.
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