The perpetrator of the attack on fans of the Swedish national football team in Brussels the day before, which resulted in two deaths and one injury, He died Tuesday from gunshot wounds received during his arrest. reported the local press.

Near Abdesalem L., Tunisian origin and that he was in Belgium illegally, which Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo confirmed today at a press conference before police discovered the suspect in a cafe in Brussels.

Shortly before this on Tuesday, Belgian authorities confirmed that man shot dead by police cafe in the Brussels district of Schaerbeek was a suspect in an attack on fans of the Swedish football team the day before, which resulted in two killed and one wounded.

Subject received shot in the chest.

“Everything seems to indicate that It’s about the person they’re looking for.”confirmed Rudi Vervoort, head of coordination of the Brussels Regional Crisis Center.

This was previously reported by the Belgian police. the suspect was “neutralized” in Brussels after a night of searching for a terrorist who killed two Swedish citizens with a machine gun and wounded a third near the center of the European capital on Monday afternoon.

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According to the newspaper Le Soir, A major police operation took place in a square in the Charbeek district, near the center of Brussels, where the attacker, identified as 45 year old man resident of Brussels and of Tunisian origin.

Minister of Internal Affairs, Annelies Verlindenconfirmed that the person had been neutralized.

“This terrorist attack shakes the foundations of our peaceful societies”Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo made the announcement at a press conference this morning, starting with Belgium’s “most sincere condolences to the people of Sweden.”

(according to information from EFE And Europe Press)