Belgium Prime Minister Alexander De Croo described those behind the attack as ‘cowards’
Police officers onboard motorbikes stand guard outside the King Baudouin Stadium following the Euro 2024 qualifying football match between Belgium and Sweden in Brussels, after two Swedes were shot dead in an attack in Brussels. Photograph: Getty ImagesBelgian VRT TV said the attacker was found and shot in a cafe in the Belgian capital, but prosecutors said they were awaiting confirmation that it was the suspect.
The OCAD anti-terror centre also said the terror alert for the rest of the country had been raised to its second-highest level. The attacker was still at large and the killings happened three miles from the stadium, where more than 35,000 fans were held for more than two hours.Mr De Croo described those behind the shooting as “cowards”.
“Moments like these are a heavy ordeal but we are never going to let ourselves be intimidated by them.” “We don’t have information according to which he could be heading to France”, Darmanin told RTL radio but France will as a precaution “double the number of security agents at the border”.
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