Scene in Brussels where ISIS fanatic gunman was shot dead by Belgian police after he killed two Swedish football fans. The man, believed to be an illegal migrant, went on a rampage with an automatic rifle to 'avenge killing' of a US-Palestinian boy.
Two people have been shot dead in Brussels by a gunman armed with rifle. Belgian police today arrested the attacker, identified as Abdesalem LassouedBelgian police today shot dead a suspected gunman following an intensive manhunt for an ISIS fanatic who killed two Swedish football fans in Brussels with an automatic rifle last night.
However, Interior Minister Annelies Verlinden later confirmed Lassoued had been shot and killed by police during his arrest today. 'The perpetrator of the terrorist attack in Brussels has been identified and has died,' Verlinden said. Video shows Abdesalem Lassoued dressed in a fluorescent orange jacket and carrying a gun driving through the streets of Brussels last night
A map shows the location of the killing in Brussels city centre and that of the King Baudouin Stadium in the city's northwestern suburbs Sweden expressed its devastation over the shooting - which occurred just before a Belgium-Sweden football match Monday evening - and European leaders were quick to offer their solidarity.
In response to the attack, Belgian authorities raised the terror alert for Brussels to level four or 'very serious' - the highest - and level three nationally. 'Devastated by the news of two Swedish football supporters murdered in Brussels tonight and a third person being seriously wounded. All my thoughts are with their families and loved ones,' Swedish Foreign Minister Tobias Billstrom said.
The shooting took place in Boulevard d'Ypres just a few minutes north of the city's famous Grand PlazaPolice at the site of a shooting incident in the Boulevard d'Ypres in BrusselsAs news spread of the killings, the Group F European qualifier match was abandoned at half-time and some 35,000 fans were evacuated from the King Baudouin stadium in Brussels.
In a video shared online by Flemish newspaper Het Laatste Nieuws, the shooter is seen with an automatic weapon on his shoulder, fleeing on a scooter.A witness who spoke to LN24 channel described his shock during the incident. Footage shared online shows the alleged shooter dressed in a fluorescent orange jacket arriving at the scene on his moped.
The suspected gunman claimed the attack was revenge for the killing of Wadea Al-Fayoume in the United States. The six-year-old's funeral was held on Monday He is reported to have said he was avenging the stabbing of six-year-old US-Palestinian boy Wadea Al-Fayoume, who was knifed to death in Plainfield, Illinois, on Saturday morning.
Leroy said the Swedish fans were last to leave the stadium 'because the police will escort the Swedish fans and players, who will obviously go straight to the airport and leave.' Sweden fans inside King Baudouin Stadium, where the match has been suspended following the two killings of two Swedes in Brussels last night
This photograph shows the police cordon in place at the sight of the shooting in the Boulevard d'Ypres
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