Not that this has anything to do with Islam.
Meanwhile, he claims to have been taking revenge for the murdered of a Muslim boy in the U.S. If, however, that boy had not been murdered, is it likely that Lassoued would ever have become a loyal, stable, productive Belgian citizen? And why was he there in the first place? He was living in the country illegally. Why hadn’t he been deported?
“Belgian cops shoot suspect dead following manhunt for ISIS fanatic illegal migrant who killed two Swedish football fans with automatic rifle ‘to avenge the death of US-Palestinian boy, six,'” by Rachael Bunyan, Daily Mail, October 17, 2023:
Belgian police today shot dead a suspected gunman following an intensive manhunt for an ISIS fanatic who killed two Swedish football fans in Brussels with an automatic rifle last night.
Armed officers cornered suspect Abdesalem Lassoued, 45, inside a café in the Brussels neighbourhood of Schaerbeek at 8am and ‘opened fire’, shooting him in the chest, prosecutors said.
An ambulance was later seen taking a wounded Lassoued to hospital, while his scooter he is said to have used to flee the terror attack was towed away. The automatic rifle that Lassoued had used to kill the two Swedish football fans last night was also found on his person.
There were conflicting local media reports about the condition of the attacker, with some saying he was wounded but survived the police shooting.
However, Interior Minister Annelies Verlinden later confirmed Lassoued had been shot and killed by police during his arrest today. ‘The perpetrator of the terrorist attack in Brussels has been identified and has died,’ Verlinden said.
Prime Minister Alexander de Croo earlier said the suspect was of Tunisian origin who had been living in the country illegally before launching what he called a brutal terrorist attack.
Lassoued opened fire on a group of Swedish football fans in a taxi last night as they passed through Boulevard d’Ypres just a few minutes north of the city’s famous Grand Plaza ahead of Belgium’s Euro 2024 qualifier against Sweden.
Following the incident the alleged attacker used the name ‘Slayem Slouma’ to boast about the two murders on Facebook, adding he sought to avenge the killing of a six-year-old US-Palestinian boy.
Speaking in Arabic in the video, Lassoued celebrated the slaughter, and said he ‘was inspired by the Islamic State’ terror group, prosecutors said….
The attacker, who unsuccessfully sought asylum in Belgium in November 2019, was known to police in connection with people smuggling and illegal residence, Quickenborne added.
Prosecutors said the attacker in his video had indicated the Swedish nationality of his victims was a motivation, but there appeared to be no links with the conflict between Israel and Hamas in the Middle East….
According to a media transcript of the video message recorded by the self-declared perpetrator, he said:
‘Islamic greeting Allahu Akbar. My name is Abdesalem Al Guilani and I am a fighter for Allah. I am from the Islamic State. We love who loves us and we hate who hates us. We live for our religion and we die for our religion. Alhamdulah. Your brother took revenge in the name of Muslims. I have killed three Swedes so far Al hamdoulelah. Three Swedish, yes. Those to whom I have done something wrong, may they forgive me. And I forgive everyone. Salam Aleykoum.’
The OCAD anti-terror centre also said that the terror alert for the rest of the country was raised to its second-highest level.
Harrowing footage of the attack taken by bystanders shows a man shooting several times using a large weapon while shouting in Arabic, as members of the public run for their lives.
Belgian newspaper Het Laatste Nieuws reports the gunman used an automatic rifle and fled the scene on his scooter.
He is reported to have said he was avenging the stabbing of six-year-old US-Palestinian boy Wadea Al-Fayoume, who was knifed to death in Plainfield, Illinois, on Saturday morning.
Wadea was stabbed 26 times and his mother, Hanaan Shahin, was stabbed over a dozen times, by a man allegedly screaming ‘You Muslims must die!’ Joseph Czuba, 71, is charged with murdering the boy….
Belgium has suffered a series of terrorist attacks in recent years – all of it related to Islamist groups such as ISIS and Al-Qaeda…
Sweden in August raised its terrorist alert to the second highest level, warning of an increase in threats against Swedish interests also abroad, after Koran burnings and other acts in Sweden against Islam’s holiest text outraged Muslims and triggered threats from jihadists.
The Swedish government has condemned the burnings and is considering amending laws that could stop them but critics say such moves need to preserve far-reaching freedom of speech.
John Allan says
A FIGHTER!?
Yeah, right!
And he was KNOWN to be involved with smuggling illegals, into the country!
And was, HIMSELF, an illegal!
Yet he was still in the country!!
WPM says
Those strict gun laws do not seem to work against Jihadist .I wonder if the fully automatic rifle( a machine gun really was it an AK 47,or American made M-4 or one of thousands of military grade weapons) was one of the weapons America left in Afghanistan one of ten of thousands that could find there way to other parts of the world? There were pictures of American M-4 rifles that were used in the latest Islamic terror attack on Israel .Why was a known felon in a country 4 years and never deported .?Islamic logic Moslem boy and mother killed in American Midwest by knife wheeling 71 year old manic ,young soccer fans in Europe must die.
bagsgroove says
Those who worship a devil god, become devils themselves. God will judge them and condemn them to an eternity in hell.