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Belgium declares ‘terror alert’ after two shot dead

The suspect who killed two Swedish nationals in Brussels remains at large.

The Belgian government has described Monday’s fatal shooting of two Swedish citizens in Brussels as terrorism and deployed additional police to stop the suspect from crossing the border.

Prime Minister Alexander De Croo described the attack as “harrowing” and sent condolences to his Swedish colleague. “As close partners, the fight against terrorism is a joint one,” he added.

“Belgium and Sweden are united against terror,” said Belgian Foreign Minister Hadja Lahbib, also sending condolences to Stockholm. Lahbib added that she was “horrified by the terrorist attack” in the heart of Brussels and that “all necessary means must be mobilized to combat radicalism.”

The two victims were gunned down around 7:15 local time in the center of Brussels. Police presume they were fans of the Swedish national team who were visiting the Belgian capital. The Sweden-Belgium qualifier for Euro 2024, underway at the Heysel Stadium, was stopped at half-time and the fans were locked inside the venue as a security measure.

Unverified footage making rounds on social media showed a suspect, wearing an orange high-visibility jacket and a white helmet, getting off a scooter before opening fire in the street. The man followed the fleeing civilians into a nearby residential building, fired several more shots from his rifle, and fled on the scooter.

Eyewitnesses told Belgian media that the shooter shouted “Allahu Akbar” before opening fire.

Another video circulating online shows a bearded man wearing the same clothing, speaking Arabic and saying he wants to “avenge the Muslims” by killing “infidels,” according to the news outlet Sudinfo. Belgian news outlets suspect the shooter of acting on behalf of Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS) terrorist group, though the police have yet to officially confirm or deny that.

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  1. friday the 13th, a french teacher died at his school, his throat cut by ex pupil, a tchechen refugee. 2 others were wounded.
    Of course the whole muslim community is turning against western society.
    What else to expect when the USA and allies carpet bombs oil reach muslim countries under false pretexts ( vial of mass destruction mr. powell, i hope you burn in hell), kill thousands and is outraged by hamas retaliation.

    • Judaism is Communism race mixing miscegenation
      Tolerance diversity understanding equality
      Which destroys white cultures and white civilizations
      Which is why it is promoted in countries like NZ under the guise of Labour shortages by socialist Marxist demagogues
      Any criticism is shutdown and decried as being racist
      In the same vein as conspiracy theorist
      The white Adamic race is ‘formed’ (Previously existed Genesis 2:7) into the earth separate to remain separate

  2. The West bombs the East, the displaced East moves to the West, the West cashes in on the cheap Eastern labour, the West goes on bombing the East, the East attacks the West from inside its walls…..and round and round it goes…..the real problem can be summed up in one word….politician……

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