According to police attacked one of the police officers “has serious wounds at the height of the face,” the second addressed minor injuries. “Our colleagues nothing threatening” – informed the police on Twitter.
According to initial reports, a man who attacked two police officers, had been overpowered, then the police informed that he had been shot by a third officer and died shortly afterwards.
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Prime Minister condemned the attack and wrote on Twitter: “Our thoughts turn to the victims, relatives and police officers. We follow the situation.”
The attack occurred late in the afternoon in front of the police station in Charleroi, town in Wallonia, about 60 km south of Brussels.
Security services Belgium are kept in a state of high readiness. March 22 attacks occurred at the airport in Zaventem and Brussels subway, which killed 35 people, including three suicide bombers. To carry out attacks admitted the Islamic State.
Premier warned if it is convinced that in Europe, including Belgium, comes to new threats, and that one can not speak of such a thing as “zero risk.”
This attack is symbolic – said a spokesman for police in the Belgian Charleroi. David Quinaux announced that it started an investigation into the attack on the police, during which injured two funkcjonariuszki.
“attack on all”
The Charleroi is 905 officers. David Quinaux says that they feel one big family. – An attack on one of its member is an attack on all – he said. In his view, today’s event is very symbolic. Arouses strong emotions.
Spokesman command in Charleroi reported that the police officer who was stabbed in the face with a machete, passes the operation. She will have some surgery, but her life is not in danger.
After the March coup terror alert was raised to the highest, fourth degree, and then lowered by one degree and the alert is still in force.
“cowardly attack”
The Minister of Internal Affairs of Belgium, Jan Jambon called Saturday’s attack “cowardly attack” and said that independent of the government institution is currently investigating whether the third alert level is adequate to the scale of the threat in the country.
The Agency AFP reminds that the attack, which took place in Paris in November last year, was organized by the Belgian terrorist cell, and in recent months police arrested in Belgium four people suspected of preparing attacks. The Interior Ministry says that 457 Belgians left the country to fight alongside jihadists in Syria or Iraq.
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