They continue searching for the author of the events

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At the moment no further details of the situation are known. The stadium is completely evacuated while the authorities continue to narrow the circle of the perpetrator, whose whereabouts are still unknown.

TERRORIST ALERT LEVEL 4

He National Government Crisis Center Belgian government has announced that it is raising the terrorist threat level for the region to 4, the maximum. Brussels in response to the incident in which at least two people were shot dead by an individual.

“Threat level 4 for the Brussels-Capital region. Greater vigilance is required. Avoid unnecessary travel,” the National Crisis Center has published.

“What they have highlighted is that the Swedish fans Hide your Sweden shirt so you won’t be recognized outside. If they can hide it, let them hide it” stated a testimony on the Cadena SER program El Larguero.

Videos continue to circulate about the perpetrator.

THEY BEGIN TO EVACUATE THE STADIUM

Two hours after the meeting was suspended, the Belgian police are beginning to evacuate to the fans and evacuate the stadium. The objective is to leave with maximum safety and accompany, by sections, the followers to safe places.

He French Minister of the Interior, Gérald Darmanin, has announced that stricter border controls will be carried out in case the attacker, whose whereabouts remain unknown, attempts to flee to France.

Fans begin to evacuate the stadium. “We are calm. There is a feeling of compassion. We are 300 or 400 Swedes. The security control is very firm” some fans assure Cadena COPE.

When I heard the news, I spoke first with my teammates and then with the Belgian players. There was immediately great solidarity in the Belgian locker room. Emotionally it was impossible to continue playing. This is terrible. The idea of ​​being killed in the street in a Swedish t-shirt… Unfortunately, everywhere in society you see people with guns. I would like to express my deepest condolences to the victims on behalf of the players.” he expressed Lindeloffcaptain of the Swedish national team.

COMMUNICATION FROM THE RFEF

“We will return when the Belgian authorities provide us with new information. Please stay calm and take care of each other. Our thoughts are with all the families of those affected in Brussels” the RFEF highlighted in its statement.

CRISIS CENTER ACTIVATED

lThe Belgian Government activated a crisis center this Monday night after the murder of at least two people of Swedish nationality in the center of Brussels, less than two hours before the Belgium-Sweden qualifying match for the Euro 2024, at the hands of an armed individual, who fled and who appears to have acted for terrorist purposes.

The alleged aggressor, Slayem Slouma, He later published a video on social networks in which he claims to belong to the Islamic State and boasts of having executed “infidels.”

In his very violent speech, he said that he shot two people to “avenge the Muslims and that we live and die for our religion.”

In a video recorded by a witness, which is circulating online and reproduced by the sports newspaper DH, the man is seen arriving alone on a small motorcycle, throws it to the ground and begins to shoot rapidly in the street with a large weapon. caliber.

The attacker, who was wearing a fluorescent orange jacket and a white helmet, first shot at the two deceased people, who were in a taxi and were wearing Swedish national team shirts.

THE EU CONDEMNS THE ATTACK

This Monday, the European Union conveyed its condolences to the families of the two Swedish citizens shot dead tonight in Brussels in a “negligible“terrorist attack, which hits “the heart of Europe.”

“The heart of Europe is struck by violence. My heart goes out to the families of the victims of the deadly attack in the center of Brussels. My support to the Belgian authorities and the security services who are monitoring the situation, wrote the President of the European Council, Charles Michel, on his official account on X.

HELD IN THE STADIUM

The fans are still held in the King Baudouin Stadium from Brussels. According to information from Belgium, the perpetrator has not yet been arrested and it is feared that he is around the stadium.



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