ISIS claims responsibility for Belgium machete attack on police officers
Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the machete attack
in the Belgian city of the Charleroi on Saturday, in which two female
police officers were injured, a news agency affiliated with the terror
group has reported.
Two officers were assaulted, not far from their police station, by a man heard shouting “Allahu Akbar” (‘God is Great’ in Arabic), the authorities said.
The perpetrator was shot by a third officer on site and was taken hospital, but later died of his wounds.
He was identified as a 33-year-old Algerian, who had resided in Belgium since 2012, and was known to police for criminal offenses, but not for terrorist links.
A criminal investigation for attempted terrorist murder was opened following the incident in Charleroi.
"There are indications that the attack may have been inspired by a terrorist motive," the Belgian prosecutors said in a statement, adding that two houses were searched in the city as part of the case.
Earlier on Sunday, Belgian police arrested another man with a machete, reportedly of Turkish origin, this time in the eastern city of Liege.
The perpetrator was shot by a third officer on site and was taken hospital, but later died of his wounds.
He was identified as a 33-year-old Algerian, who had resided in Belgium since 2012, and was known to police for criminal offenses, but not for terrorist links.
A criminal investigation for attempted terrorist murder was opened following the incident in Charleroi.
"There are indications that the attack may have been inspired by a terrorist motive," the Belgian prosecutors said in a statement, adding that two houses were searched in the city as part of the case.
Earlier on Sunday, Belgian police arrested another man with a machete, reportedly of Turkish origin, this time in the eastern city of Liege.
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