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17:50, 29-May-2018
Gunman kills two police officers in Belgium
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Belgian prosecutors are investigating the killing of two policewomen and a passerby by a man in the city of Liege on Tuesday as a terrorist incident, the local public prosecutor told a news conference.
The man attacked the two officers from behind with a knife, took one of their guns and shot them both dead, according to the prosecutor.
He also shot dead a young man who was the passenger in a parked car and took refuge in a school where he was killed in a subsequent gunfight during which several other police were wounded.
It was unclear, however, what lay behind the incident in which the man had also taken a woman hostage, according to RTBF.
Catherine Collignon, spokeswoman for the Liege public prosecutors offices, has earlier confirmed two police officers had been shot dead and the gunman “neutralized” but could not confirm other details.
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Source(s): Reuters