Gunman shot dead in Brussels after killing Swedish football fans

The shooter was named Abdesalem Lassoued, 45, from Tunisia

In his native Tunisia, he was known to security services as being radicalized and ready to fight in zone of jihadist conflict.

Vincent Van Quickenborne, Belgium's justice minister, said at the time that it “was part of dozens of daily reports of this type.”

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Lassueda has also been linked to crimes related to human trafficking, illegal residence and attacks on government security officials.

Most recently, he threatened a resident of the city's asylum center, who reported that he was convicted of terrorism in Tunisia, according to local media reports.

Belgium's National Crisis Center said the alleged terrorist was motivated by his victims' Swedish citizenship. They were reportedly wearing Swedish football jerseys.

“At this time there is no indication that the attack is related to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict,” the department added.