Suspected terrorist gunman shot in Brussels

Police in Brussels have shot a suspected terrorist gunman believed to be responsible for killing two Swedish nationals at a football match in Monday evening.

The Belgian capital’s mayor Philippe Close told BFM TV: “It seems indeed the suspect has been neutralised.”

Video footage of the Brussels attack posted on the Het Laatste Nieuws newspaper website showed a man in an orange jacket on a scooter at a street intersection with a rifle first firing five shots, then following people fleeing into a building before firing again.

Interior Minister Annelies Verlinden said:

“The weapon with which the attacks were committed has been found this morning where the man was apprehended in Schaerbeek. "

According to various media reports, a man who identified himself as a member of Islamic State has claimed responsibility in a video posted online where said he had "killed Swedes to take revenge in the name of Muslims".

Sweden raised its terror alert to the second-highest level in August after Koran burnings triggered retaliatory threats from jihadist groups.

This is a developing story