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| Belgian army base car attack: Police hunt for man | Belgian army base car attack: Police hunt for man |
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| A man is on the run after an attempted attack on a Belgian army barracks in the town of Flawinne. | A man is on the run after an attempted attack on a Belgian army barracks in the town of Flawinne. |
| Shots were fired by Belgian soldiers after a masked man rammed a car into the gates of a paratrooper barracks. | Shots were fired by Belgian soldiers after a masked man rammed a car into the gates of a paratrooper barracks. |
| The attacker then fled in his car, which has been found abandoned in the nearby town of Belgrade. It is unclear what the attacker's motives were. | The attacker then fled in his car, which has been found abandoned in the nearby town of Belgrade. It is unclear what the attacker's motives were. |
| Prosecutors say that were no injuries in the attack, near the city of Namur in the south of the country. | Prosecutors say that were no injuries in the attack, near the city of Namur in the south of the country. |
| Belgian officials say that the identity of the attacker is known. | Belgian officials say that the identity of the attacker is known. |
| "No-one was hurt, it seems. The man is on the run," a spokesman for Belgian prosecutors told the Reuters news agency. | "No-one was hurt, it seems. The man is on the run," a spokesman for Belgian prosecutors told the Reuters news agency. |
| "If I look at it from an outsider's point of view, it seems incomprehensible," he added. "Why would you attack a military barracks? There are plenty of weapons there to strike back." | "If I look at it from an outsider's point of view, it seems incomprehensible," he added. "Why would you attack a military barracks? There are plenty of weapons there to strike back." |
| Pictures show a bomb disposal team called to the scene of the abandoned car. | |
| Local reports initially said the car was carrying a suspected explosive device. | |
| However, Belgium officials have been unable to confirm this. | |
| "People start making up things quickly," Defence Cabinet Chief Lt Gen Claude Van De Voorde told the Associated Press news agency. | "People start making up things quickly," Defence Cabinet Chief Lt Gen Claude Van De Voorde told the Associated Press news agency. |
| A police academy has been evacuated, according to local media reports. | A police academy has been evacuated, according to local media reports. |
| In January, Belgium police killed two men in a major counter-terrorism raid, just a week after the deadly Charlie Hebdo attacks in the French capital Paris. | In January, Belgium police killed two men in a major counter-terrorism raid, just a week after the deadly Charlie Hebdo attacks in the French capital Paris. |