Attack this Monday evening in the center of Brussels: two Swedish people killed, security reinforced at the King Baudouin stadium
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According to several police sources, an attack took place this Monday at around 7:30 p.m. at the crossroads formed by Place Sainctelette and the boulevards of the Ninvième de Ligne and Ypres. Two Swedes have died, security is strengthened near the King Baudouin stadium.
The terrorist arrived on a scooter. He machine-gunned innocent people with a Kalashnikov-type war weapon. He shot at a vehicle in which the two victims of Swedish nationality were. He first fired on a Mercedes Vito van in which the two victims were, who were visibly wearing jerseys of their national team. He would then have entered the Flemish Housing Fund where he would have still caused one or more victims, whose state of health is unknown at the time of writing. Before fleeing with his scooter. The scene was partially filmed by at least one witness. In particular, the terrorist was wearing an orange fluorescent jacket that is reminiscent of the one used by municipal cleaning staff.
According to witnesses,
the man shouted "Allahu akbar" when he took the act. He has already published a video on social networks in which he claims his belonging to ISIS and boasts of having executed unbelievers. It should be noted that this attack took place during a football match between Belgium and Sweden. This attack comes at a time when Ocam did not consider it useful to raise the level of the threat. Recall that our French neighbors are on alert following the attack that cost the life of a professor on Friday, October 13.
In a video shot in front of the camera that he broadcast on social networks, the perpetrator of the attack claims his belonging to the Islamic State and boasts of having killed disbelievers. In his very violent speech, he says that he shot two people to "avenge Muslims and that we live and die for his religion".
Earlier in the day, Slayem Slouma (his name in the video) wrote a message about the Muslim child stabbed in Chicago this Sunday, explaining that if he had been Christian, "we would have called it terrorism and not a brutal crime."
Rescue and police services are mobilized. The Prime Minister, the Minister of the Interior and the Minister of Justice went to the National Crisis Center to monitor the situation