Foreign Office issues travel update for Belgium after two killed in Brussels shooting
manchestereveningnews.co.ukThe UK Foreign Office has issued fresh travel guidance for Belgium after two Swedish football fans were fatally shot in the street in Brussels on Monday.
Police have since shot dead a suspected Tunisuan extremist accused of killing the two Swedes. The shooting took place not far from the Belgian national stadium, where Belgium was playing Sweden to qualify for the Euro 2024 football tournament.
The match was suspended at half-time as a manhunt was launched to find the shooter. Several hours later, Interior Minister Annelies Verlinden told broadcasters the assailant had been found and the weapon believed to have been used in the attack was recovered.
Following the shooting the terror alert for Brussels was raised overnight to four, the top of Belgian’s scale, indicating an extremely serious threat. READ MORE: Six Brits killed in Hamas attack in Israel and 10 more missing says PM Rishi Sunak READ MORE: Foreign Office issues fresh advice for France as terror threat level heightened Previously the alert level stood at two, signifying an average threat level, while the alert level for the rest of the country was raised to three.
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