2023-10-17 10:30:02
Belgium has killed the individual who killed two Swedish citizens in the north of Brussels, armed with an assault rifle. The terrorist attacked the two men shouting “¡Alahu Akbar!” (Allah is great). On social networks he justified the crimes by his desire to “avenge the Muslims.”
The attacker was shot dead by the Police early this Tuesday in the north of Brussels, in an area that remains cordoned off at this time. The Police searched throughout the night for the terrorist who, finally, was located and “neutralized” near his home in the Schaerbeek district, in the north of Brussels, and transferred by ambulance to a hospital in the city to try his resuscitation.
The Minister of the Interior, Annelies Verlinden, has declared to the VRT network that together with the killed suspect An assault weapon similar to the one used in Monday’s attack has been found. In a press conference this morning, when the terrorist was still missing, the Minister of Justice, Vincent van Quickenborne, reported that the suspect is Abdesalem L., a 45-year-old Tunisian who in 2019 submitted an asylum application in Belgium. , a request that was denied a year later.
“He was known to the police for human trafficking, illegal stay and risk to state security“, admitted the minister, who has also confirmed that a foreign police service warned of the risk of his radicalization years ago.
The Belgian Crisis Center, which on Monday called on Brussels residents not to make unnecessary trips and reported that the terrorist alert level was raised to the maximum in the city (at level 3 of 4 for the rest of the country) said this Tuesday that “security measures remain in force”, both the “increased surveillance” and the “reinforcement of a greater visible police presence.” These measures will be re-evaluated throughout the day in a National Security Council scheduled for 3:00 p.m.
The events occurred after 7:00 p.m. in the north of Brussels, when a man dressed in a fluorescent orange jacket and armed with an assault rifle opened fire on several people, killing two of them and seriously injuring one. third, all of them of Swedish nationality.
The assailant fled on a motorcycle and claimed responsibility for the attack in a message spread on social networks where he identified himself as a member of the Islamic State.
The attack took place just an hour and a half before the opening whistle of the Euro 2024 qualifying match between Belgium and Sweden in the King Baudouin state of Brussels and was finally suspended at half-time. About two hours later the state was evacuated by the authorities.
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