Charleroi Machete Attack Injures Two Female Police Officers In Belgium

Two female police officers were injured by a machete-wielding man in Belgium on Saturday who was heard shouting “Allahu Akbar”.
The attacker was shot after the incident in Charleroi, which was said to have taken place outside the police station about 4pm local time. 

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A man armed with a machete attacked two police officers in Belgium before being shot (stock image)
Police in the city said in a message posted on Twitter that the attacker was shot but is still alive, the Associated Press reported. 
Sky News said one of the officers suffered “moderate injuries to her face” while the other officer was not so seriously hurt. 
The broadcaster added that a third officer at the scene shot the attacker. 
The attack happened as police in Belgium remain on high alert in the wake of attacks which killed 32 people in March this year.

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The Algerian man who attacked two Belgian police officers with a machete Saturday was in the country illegally, officials say.

The 33-year-old perpetrator stabbed two female officer in the city of Charleroi before getting shot to death by police. The man shouted “Allahu Akbar” before the attack, and Islamic State claimed responsibility Sunday.


“There are indications that the attack may have been inspired by a terrorist motive,” the prosecutors said in a statement. “He is known to police for criminal acts, not for terrorism.”

Theo Francken, the Belgian secretary of state for Asylum, Migration and Administrative Simplification, revealed the man had been in Belgium since 2012 and has been deported twice. Illegal immigrants who commit crimes are prioritized among deportees, but his home country of Algeria has refused to help with the process.