Belgium-Sweden, suspended after the jihadist attack in Brussels

He Belgium-SwedenGroup F qualifying match for euro 2024, was suspended this Monday at half-time, with the score 1-1, for safety reasons after a jihadist attack there were casualties in Brussels around 7:30 pm After the attack, the police strengthened security around the King Baudouin Stadiumnot far from the attack.

At least two people died and a third was injured due to gunshots by a man armed with a military rifle in the center of the Belgian capital, before fleeing and acting for terrorist purposes.

Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo He spoke on X (formerly Twitter) about an “attack” and confirmed that the casualties were Swedish nationals. According to ‘HLN’, they were two fans of the Scandinavian team wearing shirts from their national team.

Because of this incident, the players of the Swedish team announced at the break of the game that They don’t want to play in the second halfso a meeting where Viktor Gyokers scored for Sweden in the 15th minute and Romelu Lukaku in the 31st minute, from a penalty, for a Belgium who already have a ticket for the next Euro.

In a video recorded by a witness, which is circulating online and reproduced by the sports newspaper DH, the man is seen arriving alone on a small motorcycle, throwing it on the ground and starting to shoot rapidly down the street with one large caliber weapon.

The attacker, who was wearing a florescent orange jacket and a white helmet, first shot the two dead people, who were riding in the taxi and who. They were wearing Swedish national team shirts.

He then chased after several people who tried to take shelter in the building. Flemish Housing Fundwhom he also shot and, one of them, he shot again when he was lying on the ground and finally fled on his motorcycle.

According to the media, the attacker’s jacket is similar to that used by municipal cleaning staff in Brussels. According to some witnesses, The man shouted “Ayan akbar” while shooting his victims.

The alleged attacker, Slayem Slouma, posted a video on social media in which he said he belonged to Islamic State and boasted of the execution of “infidels.” In his violent speech, he said he shot two people “revenge on the Muslims and that we live and die by our religion.”

Emergency services and the police are mobilized to try to find the aggressor. The first Minister, Alexander De Croo, and those responsible for the Ministry of Interior and Justice went to National Crisis Center to follow the situation.