Brussels shooting: Two people ‘wearing football shirts’ shot dead before Belgium’s Euro 2024 qualifier against Sweden
TWO football fans have been shot dead in Brussels.
The men, both wearing Swedish football shirts were killed in the street just after 7pm this evening.
Witnesses say the men were shot several time outside a busy train station near the Heizel stadium.
Video shared online shows the alleged gunman in a fluorescent orange jacket fleing the scene after using an automatic rifle.
It comes as Sweden were tonight playing Belgium in a Euro qualifier match.
A spokeswoman for the prosecutor’s office said an investigation had been opened but did not speculate on the gunman’s motive.
The shooting comes at a time of heightened tensions in several European nations due to the ongoing Israel-Hamas war.