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| Police shoot suspected stabber in Belgium – immediately after London attack (PHOTOS) | Police shoot suspected stabber in Belgium – immediately after London attack (PHOTOS) |
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| Police in the Belgian city of Ghent have shot an injured a knife-wielding woman, after she stabbed two people. The incident took place around an hour after a “terrorist” knifeman was shot dead by police in London. | Police in the Belgian city of Ghent have shot an injured a knife-wielding woman, after she stabbed two people. The incident took place around an hour after a “terrorist” knifeman was shot dead by police in London. |
| According to Belgian news site HLN, a dark-skinned woman attacked two passers-by with a knife on the Bevrijdingslaan street in central Ghent. The woman reportedly stabbed one of her victims in the stomach. | According to Belgian news site HLN, a dark-skinned woman attacked two passers-by with a knife on the Bevrijdingslaan street in central Ghent. The woman reportedly stabbed one of her victims in the stomach. |
| Armed police officers neutralized the woman with a gunshot to the hand, and she was taken into custody. | Armed police officers neutralized the woman with a gunshot to the hand, and she was taken into custody. |
| The two victims have been taken to hospital, but their condition is not believed to be serious. | The two victims have been taken to hospital, but their condition is not believed to be serious. |
| An investigation has been opened, and the East Flanders Public Prosecutor’s Office has declined to comment at time of writing. | An investigation has been opened, and the East Flanders Public Prosecutor’s Office has declined to comment at time of writing. |
| The attack came around an hour after police in London shot dead a suspected terrorist in the suburb of Streatham. The man attacked and injured two people with a knife, with one victim's injuries described by police as "life threatening." | |
| In scenes similar to those in London, police in Ghent have cordoned off the Bevrijdingslaan, and emergency services are securing the area. | In scenes similar to those in London, police in Ghent have cordoned off the Bevrijdingslaan, and emergency services are securing the area. |
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