Belgian Officials Open Terror Probe After Knife Attack

BRUSSELS—Belgian officials announced the opening of a terror investigation after soldiers patrolling in Brussels shot a man who attacked them with a knife Friday.

The assailant later died of his wounds, Belgian officials said. One of the soldiers was wounded in the hand, they said.

Belgium’s Crisis Center announced late Friday the attack was being treated as a terrorist incident and the investigation would be taken over by federal prosecutors.

Belgian officials said while the assailant was known to authorities for alleged criminal activity he had no previously known terror ties. Authorities are now investigating the man’s background and activity, officials said.

At 8:15 p.m. Friday, a man attacked two soldiers in the center of Brussels, on Emile Jacquemain Boulevard, said Ine Van Wymersch, a spokeswoman for the Brussels prosecutors’s office.

Belgian officials wouldn’t identify the assailant, citing the continuing investigation.

Source: Belgian Officials Open Terror Probe After Knife Attack – WSJ