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Anthony Elanga of Nottingham Forest has reacted to a statement made by the Swedish national football team’s Twitter account following the shooting deaths of two fans prior to their match against Belgium.
Players left the field for the second half of the game after learning of the event, with the score being tied at 1 at the break. Fans were safely evacuated from the stadium later that night when the game was officially called off more than an hour later.
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Two Swedish nationals were killed in the attack on Monday night, which is believed to have occurred around three miles from the stadium and about 45 minutes before kickoff. The shooting is being investigated as a terrorist act, and police in Brussels have subsequently killed the shooter.
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“Swedish football has sadness – Sweden has sadness,” reads a message sent on the Swedish national team’s official social media pages.
“We unfortunately lost two blue-yellow supporters yesterday when they were doing something apparent in Brussels—supporting our Swedish national teams while donning the blue-yellow national team jersey. All of the victims’ loved ones, who must awaken today to an unbearable sadness, are in our thoughts.
