The Belgium-Sweden match was not completed due to the terrorist attack

During a qualifying match for Euro 2024, two fans were killed near the stadium.

The national teams of Belgium and Sweden did not finish their qualifying match for Euro 2024. The previous day, in Brussels, Belgium, where the battle took place, a terrorist attack took place near the stadium. An unknown person fired a machine gun, killing two Swedish fans. Media say he shouted the words: Allahu Akbar.

Subsequently, the terrorist recorded a video message in which he introduced himself as a member of ISIS and said he killed “infidels.” The killer is Abdessalem Lasued, 45 years old. He is a citizen of Tunisia and is in Belgium illegally.

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The Brussels terrorist has been identified as 45-year-old Abdesalem Lassoued.

He is a Tunisian citizen, is in Belgium illegally and has previously been tried in Tunisia for terrorist acts.

He’s riding around Brussels on a scooter shooting with an AK, killing 2 so far pic.twitter.com/Qq95FSuL1y

— Visegrad 24 (@visegrad24) October 17, 2023

The organizers of the football match decided to stop the game after the first half with a score of 1:1. Victor Dekeres scored for the visitors in the 15th minute, and Romelu Lukaku equalized for the home team in the 31st minute.

Sweden captain Victor Lindelof said he initiated the stoppage of the match against Belgium: “As captain, I took the initiative to stop the match. First I spoke to my teammates, then to the Belgians, and we quickly came to a consensus that “The game needs to be stopped. The most important thing is that the Swedes are safe. It’s scary when you’re in danger because you’re wearing Swedish colors. I feel safe here. The stadium is probably the safest place.”

This decision was also supported by the coaching staff of the two national teams.

“I found out about the incident at half-time on the way to the dressing room and the decision of the players and the coach, both ours and the Belgian’s, was clear: we cannot continue. It is absolutely disgusting. I am very sad. This is a true tragedy, my thoughts go out to those affected and their families, what kind of world do we live in?

We cannot play football when these things happen. That’s my opinion. I brought it up to the players and they totally agreed. And Belgium agreed too. We won’t play football. We hope that this will not happen again,” said Sweden coach Janne Andersson.

Let’s remember that earlier it was known that a famous football player was killed in a Hamas attack in Israel.

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