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Brussels Terrorism Suspect Is Killed by Police
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A suspect in the fatal shooting of two Swedish citizens in an attack that authorities called terrorism was shot and killed by police Tuesday morning in Brussels, prosecutors said.
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A gunman fatally shot two Swedes in Brussels late Monday, prompting authorities to halt a Sweden-Belgium soccer match and leaving over 35,000 soccer fans holed up in the nearby national stadium for hours as the capital went on its highest terror alert level with the assailant at large.
The gunman's motives remain unclear, but Belgium's federal prosecutor in charge of terrorism has taken over the case, with the suspect at large. Belgium's prime minister said the victims were both Swedish.
Belgian authorities raised the terror alert after the fatal shooting of two Swedes in Brussels that Prime Minister Alexander De Croo suggested was linked to “terrorism.”
Two Swedish citizens were shot to death in Belgium on Monday near a stadium hosting a soccer match, authorities said, but the assailant has not been captured.
BRUSSELS >> A gunman fatally shot two Swedes in Brussels late today, prompting authorities to halt a Sweden-Belgium soccer match nearby and place the capital on its highest terror alert level. The gunman remained at large.
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BRUSSELS — Belgian police early Tuesday hunted for a gunman with suspected extremist motives who killed two Swedes with stunning viciousness before disappearing into the night. He created such fear that authorities shut down a Belgium-Sweden soccer match and held 35,000 fans inside for several hours…
A suspect in the fatal shooting of two Swedish citizens in an attack that authorities called terrorism was shot and killed by police Tuesday morning in Brussels, prosecutors said.
By Catherine Nicholls, Mylene Loubiere and Kathleen Magramo, CNN (CNN) — A gunman suspected of killing two Swedish nationals in a terrorist attack in Brussels remains at large Tuesday as Belgian authorities stepped up security to protect a large contingent of visiting soccer fans.
Belgian police on Tuesday shot and fatally wounded an alleged Islamist accused of gunning down two Swedish football fans visiting Brussels, as Sweden faces what its premier said was an unprecedented security threat.
Officials say the suspected Tunisian extremist was living illegally in Belgium and shot 3 soccer fans on a Brussels street before disappearing. Two died.
Officials in Belgium have confirmed a man who shot dead two Swedish football fans in Brussels was killed by police during his arrest. The city had been on high alert following what officials called a "terrorist attack."
The suspect, who was accused of killing two Swedish nationals in the Belgian capital in what the prime minister called a terrorist act, had been known to the authorities.
Police in Belgium on Tuesday shot dead a suspected Tunisian extremist accused of killing two Swedish soccer fans in a brazen shooting on a Brussels street before disappearing into the night.
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