The man who killed two Swedish nationals on Monday evening has been shot dead by Belgian police.

According to BBC News, the 45-year-old man named as Abdesalem was shot in a café in the Schaerbeek neighbourhood.

Two Swedes were killed and a third seriously injured in the automatic rifle attack on Monday.

It took place 5km from the King Baudouin Stadium where Belgium was playing Sweden to qualify for the Euro 2024 football tournament.

The match was abandoned at half-time for security reasons, with some 35,000 supporters waiting for hours in the stadium before being evacuated.

The gunman is believed to be a Tunisian man who was in Belgium illegally, after his asylum application was rejected in 2020.

The prosecutor’s office believes he was inspired by the Islamic State group.

(Feature Photo via Associated Press)