2y ago

Brussels shooting: Suspect at large after two Swedes killed in terror attack

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- It’s a symbiotic relationship. The European extremists say or do vile shit. The Muslim extremists recruit and say or do vile shit. The European extremists recruit and say or do vile shit and so on. And on it goes.
  The difference is that one of these groups is way more powerful and can hide their vile shit in politics and media and among “lone wolf attacks”. Terrorism is almost always perpetrated by people without access to political/official power.
- The root cause is not Muslims. The root cause is not an ethnic group of people. The root cause is extremism which was developed from people being oppressed by imperialism.
  
  How do you figure?
ELI5, why would an Islamist terrorist target Swedes, the day of a football match ?
I can't see why you would kill for football, but I thought being a football supporter isn't really in accordance with radical Islam
- could be a late reaction to the Quran burnings in Sweden
- Because they were wearing Swedish colors, made them easier to identify
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Two people have been shot dead in the Belgian capital Brussels on Monday evening, police have said.
The AFP news agency said the alleged attacker was still at large, according to prosecutors.
A spokeswoman for the prosecutor's office said an investigation had been opened but did not speculate on the gunman's motive.
Sweden's national football team are playing Belgium in a Euro 2024 qualifier, although it is unclear whether the victims were in the city for the match.
Belgian media reported that the gunman, who used an automatic rifle, fled the scene.
The attack reportedly happened at 19:00 local time (17:00 GMT; 18:00 BST) near the Boulevard d'Ypres in central Brussels.
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I thought he'd been found
- Maybe that was in a religious sense.

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