This Tuesday, the group known as the Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack carried out on Monday in the center of Brussels, which killed two fans of the Swedish soccer team and left a third injured.
The Amaq news agency, which promotes the group, published a statement stating that “an Islamic State fighter carried out, on Monday, an armed attack against several Christians in Sweden, a country that participates in the international coalition against the Islamic State “.
Amaq, citing sources from the security sector, indicated that the fighter, whose name was not mentioned but released a photograph, “began to fire his machine gun at the Christians, before they watched a match, killing two of them and injuring two others, before Belgian forces killed him while trying to arrest him.
Following the death of the attacker, identified as Abdesalem L, a Tunisian national, Belgium reduced the alert level in Brussels from four (maximum) to three.
Source: TSF
