Breaking: Belgian cops arrests terrorist at large after killing two Swedish football fans

The Belgian armed officers found the ISIS fanatic inside a café in the Brussels neighbourhood of Schaerbeek at 8am and ‘opened fire’ before arresting him, the Belgian prosecutors’ office said.

According to MailOnline, an ambulance was later seen taking a wounded Lassoued to hospital, while his scooter he is said to have used to flee the terror attack was towed away. The automatic rifle that Lassoued had used to kill the two Swedish football fans last night was also found on his person.

There were conflicting reports about the condition of the attacker, with Belgian broadcaster HLN claiming Lassoued later died in the ambulance – though the Interior Minister Annelies Verlinden said he was in intensive care in hospital.

Prime Minister Alexander de Croo earlier said the suspect was a man of Tunisian origin who had been living in the country illegally before launching what he called a brutal terrorist attack.

Lassoued opened fire on a group of Swedish football fans in a taxi last night as they passed through Boulevard d’Ypres just a few minutes north of the city’s famous Grand Plaza ahead of Belgium’s Euro 2024 qualifier against Sweden.

Several people fled into an apartment building after hearing the gunshots, but Lassoued followed them and opened fire again in the entrance hall in an attack he said was to avenge the killing of a six-year-old US-Palestinian boy.