Belgium and Sweden played one half of their Euro 2024 qualifier.
Sweden have taken the decision to not play the second half of their Euro 2024 against Belgium after a gunman killed two people wearing Swedish football shirts.
The victims were wearing Swedish national shirts at the time of the shooting, according to local reports. No suspect has yet been arrested as the gunman is still at large, with Belgium's capital city on the highest terrorism alert.A spokesperson for prosecutors also declined to give any details regarding the victims or any possible motive.But the game lasted just 45 minutes as the Euro 2024 qualifier was abandoned at the break, with the score 1-1.This is a breaking news story from the team at SPORTbible and will be updated in due course.
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