Killing of Swedish football fans in Brussels 'probably lone wolf' attack

A Tunisian man who killed two Swedish citizens in a terrorist attack in Brussels was "probably a lone wolf", the Belgian prime minister said, as Sweden and Italy called for security at Europe's borders to be tightened.

- Lisa O'Carroll,  Miranda Bryant,  Lorenzo Tondo 

Sweden's prime minister said the country was suffering "unfathomable sadness" yesterday after the fatal shooting of two Swedish football.

fans, one in his 60s and one in his 70s, and the wounding of a taxi driver.

Speaking before a planned visit to Brussels today to take part in a memorial ceremony, Ulf Kristersson warned that it was time for Europe to bolster security. "This is a time for more security; we can't be naive," he said.

"We have an openness in Europe, which is one of the important reasons why we need to keep an eye on the EU's external border, because otherwise people can easily move between European countries.

"These terrorists want to scare us into obedience and silence. That will not happen." The suspected assailant, identified in reports as Abdesalem Lassoued, 45, used an automatic rifle on Monday night to shoot dead the two men and injure the third before fleeing the scene on a scooter. He was himself shot dead yesterday morning by police outside a cafe in the Schaerbeek area near Brussels city centre.

Investigators said the suspect had claimed in a video on social media that he was a fighter "for Allah", prompting concern over a potential wave of radicalisation triggered by the war between Israel and Hamas. In the video he gave his name as Abdesalem Al Guilani.