Match involving Rotherham United's Viktor Johansson called off after double killing

Rotherham United goalkeeper Viktor Johansson. Picture: Kerrie Beddows

ROTHERHAM United goalkeeper Viktor Johansson was tonight caught up in tragic circumstances as his Sweden side's Euro 2024 qualifier in Belgium was abandoned at half-time following a gun attack that left two people dead.

It has been reported that those killed were of Swedish nationality and were most likely supporters of their national side.

Johansson, who won his first cap last week, was on the bench for the Swedes at the King Baudouin Stadium.

With the sides level at 1-1 at the interval in Brussels, the Swedish players decided not to return for the second half and Belgium agreed to call off the match.

A police spokesperson confirmed that two people had been killed in a shooting incident near the centre of the Belgian capital but gave no further details.

A spokesperson for Brussels prosecutors, who are handling the case, also declined to give any details concerning the victims or any possible motive.

Video footage posted on the Het Laaste Niews newspaper website showed a man on a scooter at a street intersection with a rifle first firing two shots, then three more, then running into a building, firing two more shots, leaving, taking a few steps back again and shooting one more time.

Johansson is due back with the Millers for training on Wednesday.