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| Liege shooting: Two police and passer-by dead in Belgium | |
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| A man has shot dead two police officers and a passer-by in the centre of the eastern Belgian city of Liège before being killed himself. | |
| Police told the BBC the attacker had been "neutralised" and that the situation was now under control. | |
| Two other police officers were injured and the man also took a woman hostage, according to reports in Belgian media. | |
| Details are still emerging and there is no indication yet as to the man's motive. | |
| "We don't know anything yet," a spokesperson for the Liege prosecutor's office told the AFP news agency. | |
| Belgium remains on high alert after attacks in 2016 claimed by the Islamic State group left 32 people dead. Brussels-based militants were also involved in the 2015 Paris attacks. | Belgium remains on high alert after attacks in 2016 claimed by the Islamic State group left 32 people dead. Brussels-based militants were also involved in the 2015 Paris attacks. |
| Police sources quoted in local media said the man was heard shouting Allahu Akbar ("God is greatest" in Arabic). | |
| Belgian Interior Minister Jan Jambon said the country's anti-terrorist crisis centre was monitoring the situation. | |
| A security perimeter has been put in place where the shooting took place and the public has been asked to avoid the area. |