Brussels shooting: Two ‘football fans’ shot dead before Belgium v Sweden Euro qualifier as shooter goes on the run

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TWO football fans have been shot dead in Brussels.

The men, both wearing Swedish football shirts were killed in the street just after 7pm this evening.

APPolice cordon off an area where a shooting took place in the center of Brussels[/caption]

The police perimeter at the site of the shooting incidentRex

The shooter was wearing a fluorescent orange jacketNot known, clear with picture desk

Witnesses say the men were shot several times outside a busy train station just three miles from the Heizel stadium.

Video shared online shows the alleged gunman in a fluorescent orange jacket arriving on a moped.

The alleged shooter then chases several people into a building while firing shots from an automatic rifle.

It is believed he first shot at a van, with one man dying inside.

A second man was killed inside a nearby building.

Meanwhile a third victim has been rushed to hospital.

It comes as Sweden were tonight playing Belgium in a Euro qualifier match.

A spokeswoman for the prosecutor’s office said an investigation had been opened but did not speculate on the gunman’s motive.

No suspect has yet been arrested.

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