Belgium Raises Terror Alert After 2 Shot Dead in Terror Attack

Belgian police have shot, during an attempted arrest, an illegal immigrant and ISIS supporter suspected of killing two people on Monday night.

Police officers stand guard near the Eugene Verboekhovenplein in the Schaerbeek area of Brussels on Oct. 17, 2023, where the suspected perpetrator of the attack in Brussels was probably shot during a police intervention in a cafe. JAMES ARTHUR GEKIERE/BELGA/AFP via Getty Images

Belgian police have concluded a manhunt for a Tunisian man, 45, with suspected extremist motives after he allegedly killed two Swedes in the Belgian capital, Brussels, and injured a third Swedish man on Monday before disappearing into the night.

Eric Van Duyse, a spokesperson for the Belgium federal prosecutor’s office, told AFP on Tuesday morning that officers had “opened fire” as they attempted to apprehend the armed suspect in the Schaerbeek area of the city.