Suspected gunman 'neutralised' after Brussels attack
Brussels police arrested a suspected gunman accused of shooting dead two Swedish football fans in what Belgium's prime minister condemned as an act of «terrorist madness».
Officials said police opened fire and the suspect was «neutralised» during the arrest, which followed an intensive overnight manhunt in the Belgian capital for an assailant armed with an automatic rifle.
There were conflicting accounts of the suspect's condition after his arrest which took place in the Schaerbeek district of central Brussels.
Prime Minister Alexander de Croo earlier said the detained man was of Tunisian origin and had been living in the country illegally. He added that someone claiming responsibility for the killings had posted on social media that he was inspired by the Islamic State extremist group.
«The terrorist attack that happened yesterday was committed with total cowardice, the attacker chose as a target two Swedish football fans,» de Croo told a news conference, adding that a third person — a taxi driver — was seriously wounded.
«Terrorism strikes indiscriminately,» he said.
«It aims to sow fear, mistrust and division in our free societies. Terrorists must know that they will never achieve their goals.
»They will never make us bend.
