Moment of silence' before Tuesday's Euro 2024 matches: UEFA
The Swedish Parliament flags are at half-mast during a memorial service for the victims of the terrorist attack in Brussels in Stockholm, Sweden, on October 17, 2023. Sweden's intelligence agency said it was keeping its terror alert level unchanged after Brussels police on October 17, 2023 shot and fatally wounded an attacker accused of gunning down on October 16, two Swedish football fans in what Belgium's prime minister condemned as an act of "terrorist madness". (Photo by Henrik MONTGOMERY / TT NEWS AGENCY / AFP)
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The two fans were killed by a suspected Islamist before Sweden's match against Belgium at the King Baudouin Stadium on Monday.
The Group F encounter was halted at half-time with the score at 1-1, following consultations between the two teams and local police authorities.
The travelling Swedish supporters were held in the ground for security reasons before being escorted away under police protection at around 2 am local time.
On Tuesday, the suspected attacker, a radicalized Tunisian national living illegally in Belgium, was killed in a police operation.
FIFA president Gianni Infantino took to Instagram on Tuesday to say that he was "shocked" and "saddened" by the shooting of the supporters.
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