A man suspected of shooting dead two Swedish nationals before Belgium's Euro 2024 qualifier against Sweden in Brussels on Monday night has been shot by police. The match was abandoned - with the terror alert in the Belgian capital raised to the highest level.
Police have shot dead a suspected gunman after two people were killed before an international football match in Brussels. Belgium's interior minister Annelies Verlinden told VRT radio 'we have the good news that we found the individual' - but also said she could not rule out that he had accomplices. The weapon believed to have been used in the fatal shootings before Belgium's match with Sweden last night has been recovered, she said.
Read more:What we know about Brussels shootingThreat of another attack subsides - but ripples of shock are significant Shortly after the incident, a man who claimed to be the gunman appeared on social media in a video in which he claimed to be a member of Islamic State and a 'fighter for Allah'. He also claimed he had carried out the attack in 'revenge in the name of Muslims'.
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