This Tuesday, the group known as Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack carried out in central Brussels on Monday, which killed two supporters of the Swedish football team and injured a third.
The Amaq news agency, which promotes the group, published a statement claiming that “an Islamic State fighter carried out an armed attack on Monday against several Christians in Sweden, a country participating in the international coalition against Islamic State. .”
Amaq, citing security sector sources, indicated that the fighter, whom she did not name but released a photo, “began firing his machine gun at the Christians before they were watching a match, killing two of them killed and injured. two others, before Belgian troops killed him while trying to detain him.
Following the death of the attacker, identified as Abdesalem L, of Tunisian nationality, Belgium lowered the alert level in Brussels from four (maximum) to three.
Source: DN
