The police in Brussels shot dead a gunman who killed two Swedish nationals on Monday evening.
Abdesalem Lassoued, 45, was killed in a café in the Schaerbeek district.
The automatic rifle attack on Monday killed two Swedes and injured a third.
The shooting took place in Boulevard d’Ypres, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from the stadium where Belgium was playing Sweden, in order to qualify for the Euro 2024 football tournament.
Since then, Brussels has been on high alert for terrorist attacks.
The gunman is thought to be a Tunisian guy who was in Belgium illegally after his asylum application was denied.
He released a video online in which he claimed to have slain people in the service of God, and the prosecutor believes he was influenced by the Islamic State Group.
Belgian Interior Minister Annelies Verlinden informed the Flemish public television VRT that the automatic rifle found on him was the identical one used in the attack on Monday.
In a press conference on Tuesday, Prime Minister Alexander De Croo termed Monday’s shooting “a harrowing act of terrorism.”
The victims’ Swedish nationality, according to the prosecutor, was the most likely motive.
Mr De Croo said: “Perpetrators, they try to instil fear, distrust, and division in our free societies. Terrorism. Terrorists must understand that they will never succeed in their intent.”
