Brussels attack: suspect shot dead by police after killing of Swedish football fans

Belgian interior minister says weapon found on neutralised person' was same as that used in the attack

The man suspected of killing two Swedish football fans and wounding another in a terrorist attack in Brussels on Monday night has died after being shot by police.

Belgium's interior minister, Annelies Verlinden, told the broadcaster VRT that an automatic weapon found on the neutralised person" was the same as that used during the attack that killed two Swedish men, one in his 60s and one in his 70s.

Belgian authorities have confirmed that the man shot outside a cafe in the Schaerbeek area near the city centre was the suspect.