It was Sweden’s Prime Minister, Ulf Kristersson, who said during a press conference on Tuesday that 45-year-old Lassoued had occasionally stayed in Sweden, but that he was not known to the Swedish police. New details show that this is not true. According to SVT, the 45-year-old has previously been convicted in Sweden. Lassoued has previously had a number of asylum applications to several countries in Europe rejected. The Directorate of Immigration (UDI) confirms to VG that Lassoued and has applied for asylum in Norway. – We can confirm that the alleged perpetrator applied for asylum in Norway in June 2011. He was refused and was returned to Italy in November 2011, writes Director of Protection in UDI, Wenche Fone, in an e-mail to VG. Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson came to Brussels on Wednesday to get a first-hand briefing on the terrorist attack in which two Swedes were killed. Kristersson showed up with a Swedish supporter’s scarf. Photo: BENOIT DOPPAGNE / AFP Drug offenses In 2012, Tunisian Lassoued was sentenced to two years and two months in prison for being in possession of 100 grams of cocaine. The police also seized NOK 38,000 in cash. Furthermore, Lassoued was expelled from Sweden for ten years. In the judgment, Lassoued’s name is spelled differently than in Belgian identity documents, but the date of birth is the same, writes SVT. The Swedish security service has not followed or had information about Lassoued, and believes he has traveled around Europe and the world with a false identity. That’s what Fredrik Hallström, head of operations at the Swedish Security Service, says. Football scarves and flowers have been put down in Brussels, after two Swedish supporters were killed on Monday. Photo: Martin Meissner / AP Seeking asylum in Sweden in 2019 SVT has also spoken to a person who knew the 45-year-old from his time in Sweden. – He was deeply threatening, but certainly not radicalized, says the person. In 2019, Lassoued applied for asylum in Belgium. He was refused and has therefore been in the country illegally ever since. According to the Belgian Minister of Justice, in 2016 Belgian authorities should have received information from the police in another country that Lassoued had been radicalised. In a video that was circulated after the shooting, Lassoued says that he has killed Swedes to “avenge Muslims”, and that he swears allegiance to IS. On Tuesday evening, IS claimed that they were behind the attack, according to Reuters. Belgian intelligence believes that Lassoued probably acted alone when he killed the two Swedish football supporters just before the international match between Belgium and Sweden was to be played on Monday evening.
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