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2023-10-17 Europe
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Two dead in Brussels gun rampage: Man claiming to be ISIS member avenging stabbing murder of US-Palestinian boy, 6, opens fire on group wearing Swedish football shirts ahead of Euro 2024 qualifier - then goes on the run
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Responding to this story from yesterday, though we’ve seen that any excuse will do for the jihad-inclined.
Update in comments: He’s dead, Jim. |
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] Brussels was brought to a standstill last night after two people were killed when a gunman claiming to be a member of ISIS went on a rampage and opened fire on a group of Swedish football fans.
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.
The Swedes were wearing their team's jerseys and were believed to be on their way to a match at King Baudouin Stadium, where Sweden were playing Belgium. A third person is said to be seriously injured.
The alleged attacker, named by local media as Abdesalem Lassoued, 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.
The match between Belgium and Sweden was later abandoned, with players and fans locked inside the stadium for two and a half hours until they were allowed out.
The city's terror alert has been raised to a level 4 - its highest, with the spokesman for the Belgian federal prosecutor telling people to 'Go home and stay at home as long as the threat has not been eradicated'.
Footage shared online shows the alleged shooter dressed in a fluorescent orange jacket arriving at the scene on his moped.
The alleged shooter then ran after several people as they flee into a building, while firing from an automatic rifle.
Harrowing footage of the attack taken by bystanders shows a man shooting several times using a large weapon while shouting in Arabic, as members of the public run for their lives.
Belgian newspaper Het Laatste Nieuws reports the gunman used an automatic rifle and fled the scene on his scooter.
He is reported to have said he was avenging the stabbing of six-year-old US-Palestinian boy Wadea Al-Fayoume, who was knifed to death in Plainfield, Illinois, on Saturday morning.
The gunman was travelling on a moped, and was heard to shout 'Allahu Akabar' - Arab for God is the Greatest - by witnesses.
An investigating source said: 'He was also screaming about carrying out a revenge attack. He was shooting at various people, and hit a number of them. This had all the hallmarks of a terrorist attack.'
The source said there was also a video circulating on social media in which the attacker explains having to 'take revenge' by killing three people from Sweden.
The suspect, who was wearing a crash helmet and fluorescent jacket, was brandishing a 'Kalashnikov-style' weapon, and had also fired at man in the lobby of a nearby building.
The emergency services arrived in large numbers within minutes, but no suspect was arrested.
The investigating source added: 'The alleged perpetrator has posted a video in which he is a member of ISIS'.
The claim was also published by Sudinfo, one of the largest news outlets in Belgium, which said the Facebook post shows the man 'boasting about having murdered infidels.'
It adds: 'In his very violent speech, he said he had shot two people to avenge the Muslims and that we live and die for our religion.'
A Belgium government spokesman said representatives of the country's security services, public prosecutor's office and cabinet had gathered at a Crisis Centre, to discuss the terrorist motive. 
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