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Brussels attack: Sweden fans spend night under police protection

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Sweden head coach Janne Andersson and some of his players spoke to fans inside the stadium

About 400 Sweden fans spent the night in hotels under police protection after two Swedish people were shot dead in Brussels on Monday.

An evacuation of the King Baudouin Stadium began at about 22:45 BST, with the last fans and staff leaving at 03:00 (04:00 local time).

The Sweden players have flown home and will return to their clubs.

Speaking at a news conference on Tuesday, Belgium Prime Minister Alexander de Croo called the killings “a harrowing act of terrorism”.

The Swedish Football Association (SvFF) said it received news of the killings just before the match, but it started as planned because Belgian authorities and police considered the stadium – 5km (three miles) from the location of the shooting – “the…

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