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Unknown event in Brussels, Brussels-Capital area, Belgium on Tue 17th October 2023

17th October 2023

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The man suspected of killing two Swedish football fans and wounding another in a terrorist attack in Brussels on Monday night has died after being shot by police. Belgium's interior minister, Annelies Verlinden, told the broadcaster VRT that an automatic weapon found on the 'neutralised person' was the same as that used during the attack. Belgian authorities have confirmed that the man shot outside a cafe in the Schaerbeek area near the city centre was the suspect.

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