Ahead of Sweden’s meeting with Belgium in the European Championship qualifiers, the news came that a shooting took place, in which several people are said to have been injured, in Brussels.
Later in the evening, Belgian police confirmed that two Swedes have been killed in the shooting.
– We have received information about some form of attack. We have been called to a meeting with Belgian police and organizers on site, says SvFF’s head of security Martin Fredman and continues:
– We are in a situation now if the match is to be played, right now we are safe and secure inside the arena. You don’t want Swedes to go out on the town right now. I have no opinion on that (whether the match should be suspended, ed. note), it is the mayor’s decision.
The perpetrator is still at large, according to local media.
Watch SVT Nyheter’s broadcast about the shooting in Brussels here: