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A knife-wielding man stabbed two police officers, stole their weapons and shot and killed them and a bystander in an attack near a Belgian coffee shop that officials fear could be terror-related.
The attacker, who was later killed by police and has yet to be identified, was an inmate who had been granted a few hours release Monday, but failed to return to prison. Local media reported that he was a known drug offender and may have been held in a prison with radicalized inmates.
The man approached two police officers from behind carrying a knife and stabbed them several times in the city of Liege, city prosecutors’ spokesman Philippe Dulieu said.
“He then took their weapons. He used the weapons on the officers, who died,” Dulieu told reporters.
Three killed, including 2 police officers, in possible terror attack near Belgian coffee shop
The attacker, who was later killed by police and has yet to be identified, was an inmate who had been granted a few hours release Monday, but failed to return to prison. Local media reported that he was a known drug offender and may have been held in a prison with radicalized inmates.
The man approached two police officers from behind carrying a knife and stabbed them several times in the city of Liege, city prosecutors’ spokesman Philippe Dulieu said.
“He then took their weapons. He used the weapons on the officers, who died,” Dulieu told reporters.
Three killed, including 2 police officers, in possible terror attack near Belgian coffee shop
