Several newspapers have worked out that the alleged perpetrator is “Abdesalem L”, a 45-year-old man living outside Brussels. Abdesalem published several videos related to the attack, in one of which he calls himself an IS soldier and says that he has “killed three Swedes”. The police confirm that two people have been killed and one injured as a result of yesterday’s shooting. The Swedish Foreign Ministry says that the two killed were men in their 70s and 60s. The perpetrator, who is from Tunisia, was known to the police from before, in connection with human trafficking, illegal residence and threats to the security of the kingdom, said Belgian Justice Minister Vincent Van Quickenborne. Two people are said to have been shot and killed in Brussels A video published by someone nearby shows that when the 45-year-old attacked the Swedes, he jumps off a scooter and shoots at the Swedes who seek refuge in a building. At least one of the victims was wearing a Swedish football kit, as Sweden was due to face Belgium in European Championship qualification on the same evening. Unwanted in Belgium Belgium’s Minister of Justice says that the police already received information from another country in 2016 that the man was sharing radicalized content on various profiles on the internet linked to him. He is said to have also wanted to travel to a conflict zone as a foreign fighter. The information was checked, without this leading to any concrete measures. A few years later, the man was recognized in a mosque in Brussels, and people in the mosque reported this to the police. Nor should any measures have been taken as a result of the reporting. Belgian prosecutors believe that the motive for the act was to target Swedish citizens, confirmed Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo. More violations of the Koran in Sweden A possible motive for the perpetrator behind yesterday’s attack could be the many violations of the Koran that have taken place in Sweden this year. Salwan Momika (th) burns the Koran in Sweden. Photo: Anders Wiklund/TT / NTB The summer in Sweden has been marked by several violations of the Koran, which have caused strong reactions in the Middle East. In many countries in the Middle East and South Asia, people gathered to condemn the cases of desecration and burning of the Koran in Sweden and Denmark. Large demonstrations took place in Pakistan, Iraq and Lebanon, among others. In Pakistan’s capital Islamabad, police officers stopped some protesters who tried to march towards the Swedish embassy. Several protesters entered the Swedish embassy in Iraq. Photo: Ahmed Saad / Reuters / NTB In Iraq’s capital, several hundred protesters stormed Sweden’s embassy in Baghdad in front of a new, announced Koran burning in Stockholm. Muslim protesters in Lebanon burn the Swedish flag after a Koran burning in front of the Turkish embassy in Stockholm. Photo: HASSAN AMMAR / AP In addition, the terrorist organization Al Qaeda is said to have encouraged its followers to attack Swedish targets as revenge for the Koran burnings. Raised terror threat in Sweden The Koran violations led to a lot of negative attention around Sweden, which led to the Swedes raising the terror threat in August for the first time since 2016. The head of the Swedish security police, Charlotte Von Essen, said this summer that Sweden was in a worsening security situation. Photo: Henrik Montgomery / TT – The security police can ascertain that we are in a worsening security situation. This threat will last over time, said the head of the Swedish Security Police, Charlotte von Essen in August. Then the country’s threat level for terrorism was raised from three to four. Which is the second highest of a total of five levels. Followed Swedish supporters – The shooter followed Swedish supporters who got into a taxi. – He shot these supporters when they got out of the taxi, and went so far as to chase them into a building lobby, the prosecutor in the case explained in a press conference on Tuesday morning, according to the Belgian newspaper Le Soir. Swedish supporters were clearly affected by the attack. Photo: AP
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