BRUSSELS – A second of silence will probably be seen at video games in Belgium and Sweden as a tribute to the 2 Swedish soccer fans killed this week in Brussels forward of a European Championship qualifier.
The Belgian league mentioned that “next matchday all games will start with a minute of silence in honor of the two Swedish football fans who lost their lives in the terrorist attack in Brussels. This minute of silence will take place at both Belgian and Swedish football grounds.”
Investigators are nonetheless making an attempt to decide the reason for Monday evening’s assault, which happened now not a long way from the King Baudouin stadium the place the qualifier happened.
Authorities in the Belgian capital shot and killed the suspect on Tuesday, hours when they say he gunned down 3 Swedish fans, killing two of them. He posted a video on-line in which he claimed credit for the assault and mentioned the Quran used to be “a red line for which he is ready to sacrifice himself.”
The sport used to be deserted at halftime with the ranking 1-1.
“The match was stopped but the grief will be carried forever,” said Manu Leroy, the CEO of the Belgian FA. “That is why this coming weekend we want to show our Swedish friends that we support them and help carry their loss. Because precisely that is the power of football: bringing people together, across borders.”
His Swedish counterpart, Håkan Sjöstrand, welcomed “the Belgian gesture of joining us in our grief with great gratitude and appreciation.”
“A moment of silence in Belgian football shows that the Belgians also think of the victims and their relatives,” he mentioned.
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