Two people were killed and another was injured in an armed attack on Monday evening in Brussels, the attacker managed to escape, the prosecutor’s office in the Belgian capital told AFP.

According to a video published by the Flemish daily Het Laatste Nieuws, the attacker, a man wearing a fluorescent orange jacket and riding a scooter, fired several shots with an automatic rifle before fleeing.

“Inspired by ISIS”

00:30 Two dead and one wounded, the suspect has not yet been caught – reports the Federal Prosecutor’s Office of Belgium

Two people were killed and another was injured as a result of the attack committed this evening in Brussels, the spokesman of the Belgian Federal Prosecutor’s Office, Eric Van Duys, officially announced.

He said the suspect, who he said “was inspired by Islamic State”, had not yet been caught by police.

“Go home and stay in your houses until the threat is removed,” he asked the Belgians.

11:10 in the evening In France, Interior Minister Gérald Darmanen called for tighter controls at the border with Belgium, where police are chasing an armed suspect.

10:30 in the eveningThe match between Belgium and Sweden was interrupted after an armed attack in Brussels

A file on terrorism

23:23 In a video posted on social media, an Arabic-speaking man claims that he was the one who carried out the attack. As the BBC reports, the man says on the recording that he killed three people.

Belgium’s federal prosecutor’s office said it had seen the footage but could not confirm he was the attacker.

Police are examining the video and other images of the attack, Belgian authorities told the BBC.

23:15Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo confirmed that the victims were Swedish citizens.

Also, in the capital Brussels, the terrorist threat level was raised to the highest level.

22:49 Belgium’s federal prosecutor’s office, which is responsible for terrorism cases, has taken over the investigation, AFP reports.

The investigation, which had been in the hands of the prosecutor’s office in Brussels, had been “federalized,” Eric Van Duys, a spokesman for the federal prosecutor’s office, announced.

The victims are Swedish tourists

10:25 in the evening Two Swedish citizens were killed during the attack in Brussels, confirmed the spokeswoman of the Belgian police, Ilse van de Kere.

Earlier, the Belgian press wrote that the two Swedes were most likely football fans in Brussels at the Sweden-Belgium match as part of the Euro 2024 qualifiers.

10:08 pm A spokeswoman for the prosecutor’s office only said that an investigation had been opened, but could not give details about the reasons for the attack at this time.

According to the same Belgian newspaper cited by Reuters, two of the dead were Swedes.

The BBC reports that Sweden’s national soccer team is playing in a Euro 2024 qualifier against Belgium tonight, although it is not known if there were any casualties in the city during the game.

• The attack took place around 19:00 local time (20:00 Romanian time) near Ypres Boulevard in the center of Brussels. Ambulance teams were dispatched to the scene.
• In pictures taken by residents of the area, a man wearing a fluorescent orange jacket and white helmet can be seen arriving on a scooter, getting off and firing several shots with an automatic weapon in the street.
• Several people run into the apartment building, but the gunman follows them and opens fire again in the entrance. After that, the attacker flees from the scene.

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