Two Swedish nationals had been shot to demise in central Brussels late Monday, Belgian newspaper Het Laatste Nieuws reported.
The newspaper stated it was probably that they had been two soccer followers. The Swedish nationwide soccer group was scheduled to play Belgium at Heysel Stadium later within the night, some 3 miles (5 kilometers) away.
A police spokeswoman confirmed that two folks had been killed in a taking pictures incident close to the middle of the Belgian capital however declined to provide additional particulars.
Media studies aired beginner movies displaying a person taking pictures a number of instances close to a station utilizing a big weapon.
Police spokeswoman Ilse Vande Keere stated officers arrived quickly on the scene and sealed off the quick neighborhood. She declined to elaborate on the circumstances of the taking pictures.
The taking pictures got here at a time of elevated vigilance linked to the continued tensions between Israel and Palestine which have heightened stress in a number of European nations. At the identical time, the Belgian capital has been the scene of elevated violence linked to growing worldwide drug trafficking.
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