Day: October 17, 2023
Police in Brussels have shot a man suspected of killing two Swedish nationals on Monday evening, the BBC reports.
The man was shot in a café in the Schaerbeek neighbourhood, and it is unclear if he is dead.
Two Swedes were killed and a third person injured in the automatic rifle attack on Monday, which took place during the Belgium-Sweden Euro 2024 qualifier football match.
Brussels has been on its highest terror alert ever since.
The gunman is believed to be a 45-year-old man of Tunisian origin who was in Belgium illegally, after having his asylum application rejected.
He posted a video online saying he had killed people in the name of God and the prosecutor’s office believe he was inspired by the Islamic State Group.
Belgian Interior Minister Annelies Verlinden told Flemish public broadcaster VRT that the automatic weapon found on him was the same as the one used in Monday’s attack.
Օn October 16, 2023, Ambassador Lilit Makunts met with the Mayor of Los Angeles Karen Bass, Los Angeles City Council President Paul Krekorian, and members of the Council.
Issues of bilateral interest were discussed during the meeting. Ambassador Makunts thanked the Mayor of Los Angeles and the City Council Members for always being by the side of the Armenian people.
