Brussels Attack: ISIS Claims Responsibility, Police Kill Attacker, Swedish Victims Identified

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Brussels Attack: ISIS Claims Responsibility, Police Kill Attacker, Swedish Victims Identified
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Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the attack in Brussels, stating that one of its fighters carried out the attack that killed two people. The suspect, a 45-year-old Tunisian who had his asylum application rejected in 2020, continued to live in Belgium illegally. After a manhunt, the police shot and killed the suspect in the Schaerbeek district of Brussels.

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