A suspected armed gunman has been shot dead after a huge manhunt was launched following a terror attack in Belgium.
Brussels was rocked by the horrific shooting last night. Footage circulating online shows passers by running for their lives after gunshots can be heard and cars race away. Around 7.15pm on Monday night, a suspect who has not been officially named opened fire near Place Sainctelette, in the Belgium capital. The gunman was travelling on a moped, and was said to have been heard to shout âAllahu Akabarâ by witnesses.
Searches near his home yielded nothing and officials were hunting the 'seriously armed' gunman before his capture this morning. It's understood he was shot in a café before being detained by officers, and died on the way to hospital. Belgian authorities raised the terror alert to its highest level in the capital after the fatal shooting of Swedish people, which Prime Minister Alexander De Croo suggested was linked to terrorism.
The Swedish national team was scheduled to play Belgium at Heysel Stadium later in the evening, some three miles away. 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."
As a result of the horror attack, the threat level in Brussels was raised to 4. The gunman, dressed in a fluorescent orange jacket with a white helmet, reportedly shot two people in a taxi, after trying to kill someone else in a lobby. Afterward, he got on a scooter and fled.
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