Belgian authorities raised the terror alert to its highest level in the capital late Monday after the fatal shooting of two Swedes in Brussels that Prime Minister Alexander De Croo suggested was linked to 'terrorism.'
Two Swedes were killed in a shooting late Monday in central Brussels, police said, and Belgium's Prime Minister Alexander De Croo suggested the attack was linked to 'terrorism' and convened an emergency meeting of top Cabinet ministers.Belgian authorities raised the terror alert to its highest level in the capital, and the OCAD anti-terror center said that the terror alert for the rest of the country was raised to its second-highest level.
'It was not immediately clear if the shooting was linked to the international uproar over the Israel-Hamas war.'A horrible shooting in Brussels, and the perpetrator is actively being tracked down,' said Interior Minister Annelies Verlinden, adding that she was joining government talks at the National Crisis Center. Media reports aired amateur videos showing a man shooting several times near a station using a large weapon.
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