Belgian soldiers have shot dead a man in the centre of Brussels after he came at them with a knife shouting Allahu Akbar (God is great), in a case authorities are treating as a terrorist attack.
The man, a 30-year-old Belgian of Somali origin, died after being rushed to hospital.
The soldiers were not seriously hurt in the attack; one had a facial wound and the other’s hand was wounded.
Prosecutors said the man, who was not known for terrorist activities, had twice shouted Allahu Akbar during the attack, which occurred at about 8:15pm on Friday night (local time) just outside the city’s central pedestrian zone while the soldiers were on patrol.
Spokeswoman Esther Natus of the federal prosecutor’s office declined to identify the man or confirm whether he was known to police, saying only that “the suspect is dead”.
“We do consider it a terror attack,” Ms Natus said.
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