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2023-10-17 02:19:37

The attack occurred shortly following 7:00 p.m. near Place Sainctelette, in Brussels, a few hours before a Euro-2024 football qualifying match between Belgium and Sweden at the Roi-Baudouin stadium.

Swedish Foreign Minister Tobias Billström said:devastated” by this attack which cost the lives of two Swedish supporters.

According to initial information, the attacker targeted them with an automatic weapon as well as a taxi driver, who was injured but is out of danger.

“Devastated”

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen blasted a “abject attentat“, while French President Emmanuel Macron deplored an “Islamist terrorist attack”. France announced a strengthening of its border controls.

The Belgium-Sweden match was stopped at half-time, around 9:30 p.m.

But the approximately 35,000 spectators at the Roi-Baudouin stadium were then held back for more than two hours as a security measure. The enclosure was gradually evacuated, and the Swedish supporters were escorted to the airport to return to their country.

On the social network X (formerly Twitter), the Belgian Prime Minister presented his condolences to his Swedish counterpart Ulf Kristersson following “cowardly attack on Swedish citizens in Brussels“. He called for unity in “the fight once morest terrorism“.

“JI am currently with the Ministers of Justice and the Interior at the national crisis center. We are monitoring the evolution of the situation and asking Brussels residents to be vigilant“added Mr. De Croo.

In the claim video, “the Swedish nationality of the victims is mentioned as a probable motivation for the act“, specified a spokesperson for the federal prosecutor’s office, Eric Van Duyse.

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2023-10-17 02:09:26

A Sky News Arabia correspondent reported on Tuesday that dozens of trucks had arrived at the Rafah crossing, containing humanitarian aid for Gaza residents.

According to our correspondent, the trucks are waiting for permission to enter the Gaza Strip.

Egypt received thousands of tons of humanitarian aid from a group of countries and international organizations, noting that Egyptian aid alone exceeded more than a thousand tons.

Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry said on Monday that the Israeli government has not yet taken a position that allows the opening of the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip.

Shukri added that since the outbreak of the conflict, Egypt has aimed to continue operating the Rafah crossing, describing the situation facing the Palestinian people in Gaza as dangerous.

Regional spokesman for the US State Department, Samuel Warburg, commented on the possibility of humanitarian aid entering Gaza through the Rafah crossing, which has been suffering from the scourge of clashes between Israel and Hamas for regarding 10 days, as well as the possibility of some foreigners leaving the Strip as part of the agreement.

Warburg said in exclusive statements to Sky News Arabia on Monday, “The American administration is in serious discussion with all parties, especially with the Egyptian side.”

He added: “There are already discussions, but we should not anticipate any decision or details (regarding the exit of foreigners on Monday) because we know that the situation is very sensitive.”

This comes at a time when Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesman Lior Ben Dor told Sky News Arabia that “some foreigners will be allowed to leave Gaza through the Rafah crossing,” on Monday.

The Rafah crossing was supposed to open its doors at nine in the morning on Monday, local time, which did not happen.

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2023-10-16 20:04:15

The mayor of Charleroi Paul Magnette delivered Monday evening during the meeting of the Charleroi municipal council an initial assessment of the “disruption” system put in place by the Charleroi police to fight once morest several forms of crime and different types of incivility.

Launched at the end of August and characterized by a more marked police presence in certain places in the city, the system made it possible, according to the mayor, to carry out 2,391 checks on people and ultimately to make 115 administrative arrests and 62 judicial arrests.

According to Paul Magnette, the system also made it possible to check 3,635 vehicles and note violations on 1,879 of them.

Paul Magnette welcomed these figures. He also indicated that he had received positive feedback from local residents and traders.

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