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MowCowWhoHow III

(2,103 posts)
Sat Aug 6, 2016, 11:29 AM Aug 2016

Belgian police attacked with machete in Charleroi

Source: BBC

Two police officers have been injured by a machete-wielding assailant in the Belgian city of Charleroi.

The attacker was shot and wounded, Charleroi police said on Twitter (in French).

The assailant is said to have shouted "Allahu Akbar" ("God is great" in Arabic) during the assault outside the city's main police station.

The area has been sealed off.

Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-36998449?ns_mchannel=social&ns_campaign=bbc_breaking&ns_source=twitter&ns_linkname=news_central

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Belgian police attacked with machete in Charleroi (Original Post) MowCowWhoHow III Aug 2016 OP
If it was a gun... underpants Aug 2016 #1
If it was anyone but a muslim... GummyBearz Aug 2016 #2
Attacker dead; the 2 officers "out of danger" muriel_volestrangler Aug 2016 #3
sounds like mental illness 6chars Aug 2016 #4

muriel_volestrangler

(101,322 posts)
3. Attacker dead; the 2 officers "out of danger"
Sat Aug 6, 2016, 12:38 PM
Aug 2016
Police Charleroi
?@PoliceCharleroi
Le décès de l'agresseur à la machette est confirmé. Les deux collègues sont hors de danger. Merci pour le soutien #PoliceCharleroi

https://twitter.com/PoliceCharleroi/status/761960197237706753?lang=en

6chars

(3,967 posts)
4. sounds like mental illness
Sat Aug 6, 2016, 02:56 PM
Aug 2016

Last edited Sat Aug 6, 2016, 05:15 PM - Edit history (1)

the irony is that mentally are more likely to be on the receiving end of violence than on the committing end. Although I guess this fellow ended up on both ends! What are the odds of that?

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