Belgian interior minister announced the news as good, but the nation's prosecutor was more cautious, questioning whether the suspect was the attacker.
Police in Belgium have shot dead a suspected extremist accused of killing two Swedish football fans in a brazen shooting on a Brussels street before disappearing into the night.
“Last night, three people left for what was supposed to be a wonderful soccer party. Two of them lost their lives in a brutal terrorist attack,” Prime Minister Alexander De Croo said at a news conference just before dawn. “Their lives were cut short in full flight, cut down by extreme brutality.” Security has been beefed up in the capital, particularly around places linked to the Swedish community in the city.Not far from the scene of the shooting, the Belgium-Sweden football match in the Belgian national stadium was suspended at halftime and the 35,000 fans held inside as a precaution while the attacker was at large.
More than two hours after the game was suspended, a message flashed on the big stadium screen saying, “Fans, you can leave the stadium calmly.”“Frustrated, confused, scared. I think everyone was quite scared,” said Caroline Lochs, a fan from Antwerp.
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