The attack took place around 8:00 pm (1800 GMT) and Belgian media said the assailant was about 30 and of Somali origin. Less than two hours later, two British police officers were slightly injured while arresting a man with a large knife outside Buckingham Palace in London. Two shotsThe incidents follow vehicle attacks claimed by the Islamic State group in Spain last week which killed 15 people and another stabbing spree in Finland which left two dead and eight wounded. One of the two soldiers targeted in Brussels was "slightly" wounded, according to federal prosecutors, who have opened a terror probe. In June, a man who tried to bomb a Brussels Central train station was shot dead by a soldier.

Source: The Nation Bangkok August 26, 2017 06:11 UTC