Belgian police have gunned down an armed suspect following the fatal shooting of two Swedish nationals in Brussels.
A man suspected of killing two Swedish nationals in Brussels has been shot dead by police and a weapon has been recovered, Belgium's interior minister says. Annelies Verlinden told VRT radio that "we have the good news that we found the individual". She said the weapon believed to have been used in the shooting was recovered. The Tunisian gunman also wounded a third Swedish citizen on Monday in what Prime Minister Alexander De Croo called a brutal terrorist attack.
" The assailant fled the scene after the shooting, which occurred near to where a football match between Belgium and Sweden was about to start, triggering a massive manhunt and prompting Belgium to raise its terror alert to the highest level. The 45-year-old suspected Tunisian extremist was known to police and was living in Belgium illegally. The man identified himself as a member of the Islamic State and claimed responsibility in a video posted online.
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