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1. Police in Belgium kill the Islamic State sympathizer who shot dead two Swedish tourists yesterday.
   2023-10-17 12:18:57 (First version)
2. Police in Brussels, Belgium, kill the suspected Islamic State sympathizer who shot and killed two Swedish tourists yesterday.
   2023-10-17 18:19:01 (Update)
3. Police in Brussels, Belgium, shoot and kill the Tunisian man who killed two Swedish tourists yesterday.
   2023-10-18 04:19:13 (Update)
4. Police in Brussels, Belgium, shoot and kill the Tunisian man who killed two Swedish tourists the previous day.
   2023-10-18 08:19:16 (Update)
5. Police in Brussels, Belgium, shoots and kills the Islamic State sympathizer who killed two Swedish tourists yesterday.
   2023-10-19 16:19:36 (Update)
6. Police in Brussels, Belgium, shoot and kill the Islamic State sympathizer who killed two Swedish tourists yesterday.
   (Current version)

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