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.
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(2,931 posts)muriel_volestrangler
(101,322 posts)?@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
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(3,967 posts)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?