Brussels attack: Police officer stabbed in Belgium's capital before attacker shot

  20 November 2018    Read: 1335
Brussels attack: Police officer stabbed in Belgium

A policeman has been stabbed near the Grand Place in Brussels' historic centre before the attacker was shot, officials have said

Belgium's interior minister, Jan Jambon, described the pre-dawn attack as a “cowardly act against our policemen.”

The victim was taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries while the attacker was seriously hurt.

The country's justice minister, Koen Geens, said investigators were looking at all possible motivations, including links to extremist groups, but there were no clear indications yet. 

Belgium has been under heightened security since the March 2016 attacks at Brussels' airport and subway, which left 32 people dead. 


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