Football-loving Patrick was killed in the terrorist attack in Brussels – news Urix – Foreign news and documentaries

Swedish Patrick Lundström, who lived in Switzerland, is described as a big football supporter. He took most of the matches to Sweden. – He was a football supporter who not only followed the national team through thick and thin, but all of football. That was his greatest interest. The Sweden shirt was always on, says Patrick’s sibling to SVT Vest-Norrland. On Tuesday, Patrick was going to see Sweden play Belgium in Brussels. It never turned out that way. He became one of two Swedish football supporters who were killed in a terrorist attack in Brussels on Monday evening. The other Swede who lost his life was a man in his 70s. A third man from Sweden aged 70 is being treated in hospital. At least one of the victims was wearing a Swedish national team shirt, according to Expressen. Affected Swedes On Monday evening, the three Swedes were at Sainctelett Plein, which is located a few kilometers away from where Sweden was to play European Championship qualification against Belgium. When a person came driving on a scooter and started shooting around. – This was an act of terrorism that was aimed at Swedes simply because they were Swedish, said Sweden’s Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson at a press conference on Tuesday morning. Both the prosecution and Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo believe that the motive for the terrorist act was to target Swedish citizens. The alleged perpetrator, Abdesalem Lassoued, was later confirmed dead. In a video posted on social media, Lassoued describes himself as an IS soldier and that he has “killed three Swedes”. Suspected Brussels perpetrator sought asylum in Norway Swedish symbols On Wednesday, Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson attended a memorial service in Brussels, wearing a Swedish supporter’s scarf around his neck. At the memorial site, Kristersson left a Swedish scarf. – The whole goal for Sweden, Swedish politics, Swedish security, is of course that all Swedes everywhere should be able to wear their Swedish symbols with pride, he said. Later in the day, he wanted to pay a visit to the injured Swede, who is being treated in hospital. – I understand that many Swedes are scared, angry and frustrated. They are looking for answers to questions we don’t have, or that we are not used to having to answer, Kristersson said. Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson remembered the victims two days after a person shot and killed two Swedes in Belgium. 18 October 2023. Photo: Reuters Deeply shocked In a message to SVT, the siblings of Patrick Lundström write about the shock when they realized that it was Patrick who was among those killed in Brussels. They describe Patrick as a wonderfully warm, humorous, caring father, husband, brother, grandfather and uncle. – His beloved family always came first, the family says. They add that Patrick did not like the attention. They ask for respect and room to grieve in peace. – The whole family is deeply shocked by the unthinkable that has happened. Our brother is no more. We can’t find any words. Our thoughts also go to the families of the other victims, says the sibling to SVT. It is the family’s wish that SVT publish their name and picture. Read also: Two shot dead in Sweden last night



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