19 September 2024,   04:58
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The person who killed two people in the center of Brussels has been eliminated

Police in Brussels have shot dead the man who killed two Swedish nationals on Monday [October] evening, writes BBC.

Abdesalem Lassoued, 45, was shot in a café in the Schaerbeek neighbourhood.

Two Swedes were killed and a third person injured in the automatic rifle attack on Monday.

It took place on Boulevard d’Ypres, 5km from the stadium where Belgium was playing Sweden to qualify for the Euro 2024 football tournament.

Brussels has been on its highest terror alert ever since.

The gunman is believed to be a man of Tunisian origin who was in Belgium illegally, after having his asylum application rejected.

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