A Tunisian man illegally in Belgium and a Islamic State (IS) supporter somehow obtained a gun an shot three Swedes, murdering two of them and seriously wounding a third.
Belgian police have shot dead a man who killed two Swedish nationals in the capital, Brussels, on Monday evening.
The 45-year-old man, named in Belgian media as Abdesalem, was shot in a café in the Schaerbeek neighbourhood. . . .
In the video, the Arabic-speaking gunman refers to fighting for God and says he has killed Swedish people.
The suspect was tracked down on Tuesday morning following an overnight manhunt, during which France also stepped up security measures at the Belgian border.
He was found after a witness informed the police that he had seen the suspect in a café near his accommodation in Schaerbeek, north of Brussels, and that he was carrying a military weapon and a bag of clothes.
The suspect was shot in the chest and sent to hospital, where he received intensive care treatment but died from his wounds.
He is believed to be a Tunisian man who was in Belgium illegally, after his asylum application was rejected in 2020. Sweden’s prosecutor’s office said it believes he was inspired to commit the killings by the Islamic State (IS) group. . . .
Sofia Bettiza in Brussels & Gem O’Reilly & Kathryn Armstrong in London, “Brussels shooting: Police shoot dead attacker who killed Swedes,” BBC News, October 17, 2023.
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