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Man shot in Brussels after knife attack on soldiers Man, 30, shot in Brussels after knife attack on two soldiers
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A man has been shot in the centre of Brussels on Friday evening after attacking two soldiers with a knife.A man has been shot in the centre of Brussels on Friday evening after attacking two soldiers with a knife.
The man is in a critical condition, Belgian prosecutors told Reuters. They also confirmed the man was not known to have any terror links. The man is in a critical condition, Belgian prosecutors told Reuters. They also confirmed that the man was not known to have any terror links.
“With the identity that we currently have it is a 30-year-old man who is not known for terrorist activities,” said a prosecution spokeswoman. “With the identity that we currently have it is a 30-year-old man who is not known for terrorist activities,” said a prosecution spokeswoman. The soldiers were slightly wounded in the attack – one in the face, the other in the hand.
The soldiers were lightly wounded in the attack, one in the face, the other in the hand. Belgium’s anti-terror command unit confirmed that soldiers had “neutralised” a person. “A man armed with a knife attacked a group of soldiers. The soldiers fired at him and neutralised the individual,” said Belgian federal police spokesman Jonathan Pfunde.
Belgium’s anti-terror command unit confirmed that soldiers had “neutralised” a person. Television images from central Brussels showed that police have sealed off a main street not far from the capital’s main Grand Place tourist attraction.
In addition to regular police, the streets of Brussels are being patrolled by soldiers due to a heightened threat level following a series of terror attacks in Paris and the Belgian capital in 2015 and 2016. Belgium’s prime minister Charles Michel tweeted that “all our support is with our soldiers. Our security services remain on alert. We are following the situation closely.”
In June, soldiers shot dead a suspected suicide bomber in the Brussels central train station but there were no other casualties, in what authorities treated as a terrorist incident. In addition to regular police, the streets of Brussels are being patrolled by soldiers due to a heightened threat level following a series of terror attacks in the Belgian capital in 2015 and 2016.
In June soldiers shot dead a suspected suicide bomber in the city’s central railway station, but there were no other casualties in what authorities treated as a terrorist incident.
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