Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo expressed his sincere condolences to Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Christerssen for the terrorist attack against Swedish citizens in Brussels. Socially cries X de Croo wrote: “I expressed my sincere condolences to the Swedish Prime Minister regarding the horrific attack on Swedish citizens in Brussels. Our thoughts are with the families and friends of those who lost loved ones. “As close partners, we fight terrorism together.”
Earlier, the Belgian Prime Minister had urged the people of Brussels to be careful after an unknown attack on football fans in the city centre. The attacker managed to escape and is currently wanted. The crisis center also advised residents of the capital not to go out unless necessary.
European Council President Charles Michel and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen also expressed their condolences to the families of the victims. According to media reports, an unidentified person wearing an orange signal vest reached At around 20:00 Moscow time, he came to a building in the center of Brussels and started shooting at pedestrians wearing Swedish national football team jerseys, shouting “Allahu Akbar”. A video circulating on social networks shows the attacker chasing people and shooting at them, possibly with a Kalashnikov assault rifle.
It is currently known that there are two dead and many injured. We are probably talking about Swedish citizens who came to Brussels to support the Swedish national football team. The attacker recorded a video in which he stated that he was affiliated with ISIS (an organization banned in Russia) and that he was killing “infidels”, but also that he was ready to die for his religion.
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