Belgium’s game against Sweden is abandoned with fans locked in the ground and players refusing to play on after two supporters are shot dead before the match
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- The perpetrator is still yet to be captured following the attack on Monday night
- The alleged gunman claimed to be a member of ISIS with a third fan injured
- He used the name ‘Slayem Slouma’ to boast about the two murders on Facebook
Two Swedish football fans wearing shirts were shot dead in Brussels ahead of the game, with the perpetrator still yet to be captured. Fans have also been locked in the ground.
The Belgian FA said in a statement: ‘Due to the incidents in Brussels earlier tonight, play is suspended. Our thoughts are with all those affected.’
Brussels was brought to a standstill after a gunman claiming to be a member of ISIS opened fire on a group of fans. A third is said to be seriously injured.
The gunman is said to have begun shooting at the men as they passed through Boulevard d’Ypres just a few minutes north of the city’s famous Grand Plaza.
Belgium’s game against Sweden has been suspended after two football fans were shot dead before the game
The alleged attacker used the name ‘Slayem Slouma’ to boast about the two murders on Facebook, adding he sought to avenge the killing of a six-year-old US-Palestinian boy.
Speaking in Arabic, he celebrated the slaughter, and said he committed them in the name of ISIS.
The shooter remains at large. Police confirmed that the man in the video – wearing an orange jacket, black scarf, yellow baseball hat and heavy black beard – was the one they were searching for in relation to the attack.
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