The man suspected of shooting two Swedish football fans dead and injuring a third fan in the centre of Brussels on Monday evening has himself died after having been shot by police. After a night of intense searching, 45-year-old Abdeslam Lassoued, a Tunisian national that was residing in Belgium illegally, was finally cornered as he sat in a bar in the Brussels municipality of Schaarbeek.
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Terror attack suspect dies after shootout at Schaarbeek café
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Monday night’s search operation had focused on an area of Schaarbeek around the Verboekhoveplein, the area in which Abdeslam Lassoued lived. The café where he was final tracked down was on the Verboekhoveplein. A gunfight ensued and the suspect was seriously injured. He died on the way to hospital. The weapon used in Monday evening’s attack was found on the suspect’s person.
The Federal Interior Minister Annelies Verlinden (Flemish Christian democrat) has confirmed that the man shot by police on Tuesday morning was the terror suspect.
On Tuesday morning, Belgian police received a call that Abdeslam Lassoued (45) was sitting at a café in Schaarbeek.
When police intercepted the man at the café on the Verboekhovenplein, a gunfight ensued in which the suspect was shot dead. Abdeslam Lassoued was shot in the chest.
The Federal Prosecutor's Office spokesperson Eric Van Duyse has confirmed that a man has died after having been shot by police but will not confirm whether the man is Abdesalem Lassoued. However, both the Federal Interior Minister and the Mayor of Brussels have done so.