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Brussels shooting: Police shoot dead attacker who killed Swedes
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https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-67131128
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He posted a video online saying he had killed people in the name of God and the prosecutor’s office believes he was inspired by the Islamic State (IS) group.
Prime Minister Alexander De Croo called Monday’s shooting “a harrowing act of terrorism” in a press conference, and prosecutors said the victims were probably targeted because they were Swedish.
Videos shared online showed a man on a scooter, dressed in an orange fluorescent jacket, pull up and start shooting passers-by.
Justice Minister Vincent Van Quickenborne said the man was considered a threat to national security, suspected of human trafficking and known to police in connection with people smuggling.
Sweden raised its terror threat alert to the second-highest level in August after a series of Quran burnings, which triggered protests and condemnations by several Muslim-majority countries.
Meanwhile in France on Tuesday, an anti-terror prosecutor said that a man who fatally stabbed a teacher at a school in the northern city of Arras last week declared allegiance to IS before the attack.
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