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File photo of Belgian police. Virginia Mayo
Charleroi
Belgian police officers attacked by machete-wielding man shouting "Allahu Akbar"
The man was shot dead by another officer.
TWO FEMALE POLICE officers have been injured by a man wielding a machete in the Belgian city of Charleroi.
The attack outside the main police station in the city of Charleroi, around 60 kilometres south of Brussels left one of the policewomen with “deep wounds to the face” while the other was slightly injured, Belga news agency said.
Charleroi police said the attacker was shot and killed, while the two victims were out of danger.
Belgium has been on high security alert for months since suicide bombers struck Brussels airport and a subway station near the European Union’s institutions on March 22, killing 32 people.
The attacks were claimed by the Islamic State (IS) jihadist group.
Prosecutors said there was for now no link to the Brussels suicide bombings.
Belgium is the main source per head of population of jihadist recruits going from European Union countries to fight with IS in Syria, causing deep concern that they will return home battle-hardened and even more radicalised
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