The attacker was shot by a third officer and subsequently died of his wounds, but the police officers were out of danger, police said. One young man told the television station VTM that he and his friends heard five to six shots fired in rapid succession, then, 30 seconds later, three more shots. There was no immediate indication of the man’s identity; Belgian media reported that the attacker had no papers with him. BRUSSELS, Aug 6 (Reuters) - A machete-wielding man yelling “Allahu Akbar!” (God is greatest) injured two female police officers before being fatally shot in the Belgian city of Charleroi on Saturday, in what the prime minister said appeared to be a terrorist act. “Initial indications clearly point towards terrorism,” Prime Minister Charles Michel told the television channel RTL.

Source: Huffington Post August 06, 2016 19:18 UTC