Belgium police machete attack: Knifeman shouting ‘Allahu Akbar’ attacks two officers outside station
A pair of police officers have been attacked with a machete by a man shouting ‘Allahu Akbar’ outside a police station in Belgium.
The cops, reportedly both female, were attacked in the city of Charleroi this afternoon by a machete-wielding attacker.
One of the cops sustained deep cuts to the face and was rushed to hospital. Her colleague was only slightly injured.
Police in Charleroi tweeted: “Two police officers injured by machete in front of police by someone shouting Allahu Akbar.
“Individual was shot but is alive.”
There are unconfirmed reports that the attacker shot by cops ‘has died’.
2 policières blessées par machette devant hôtel de police par auteur criant Allah Ouhakbar. Individu abattu mais vivant #PoliceCharleroi
— Police Charleroi (@PoliceCharleroi) August 6, 2016
A witness told RTL that he heard gunshots at the scene and there is an ambulance at the scene.
He added: “The police asked to remain inside and close all.”
The identity of the perpetrator and his motives are still unclear.
Belgian politician Jan Jambon tweeted: “Despicable act in Charleroi. All my support to the two wounded policemen, their colleagues and family members.”
One of the suicide bombers who detonated an explosive belt at a Belgian Metro station – killing 14 – is thought to have rented a flat at Charleroi.
Traces were found in the Rue du Fort flat in Charleroi of both Abdeslam brothers and Stade de France bomber Bilal Hadfi, as well as suspected ringleader Abdelhamid Abaaoud and Chakib Akrouh, who both died during a raid by Paris police five days after the attacks.
On July 24 a suicide bomber detonated an expolsive device outside a wine bar in Ansbach, Germany, 15 people were injured 15, four seriously.
He recorded videos showing him pledging allegiance to ISIS and its leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.
Two days later a priest’s was murdered and four nuns were taken hostage in a church in Rouen, France.
The two terrorists were shot dead.
European cities remain on high alert following a spate of terror attacks including the Nice atrocity which left 84 people dead on Bastille Day.
On March 22 three coordinated suicide bombings killed 32 people and injured 300. Two of them took place at Brussels Airport in Zaventem and one was at Maalbeek metro station in central Brussels.
ISIS claimed responsibility for the attacks.
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