BRUSSELS - A machete-wielding man shouting "Allahu akbar" (God is the greatest) wounded two policewomen in southern Belgium on Saturday before being shot dead by police, with Europe on edge after a wave of jihadist attacks. In June Belgian authorities charged two men with terrorist offences amid reports of a planned attack on a Euro 2016 fanzone in central Brussels. Belgian police have carried out dozens of anti-terror raids since the November 2015 attacks in Paris, planned in Belgium and involving Belgian extremists, which left 130 people dead. Charleroi police said the attacker was shot and killed, while the two victims were out of danger. Belgium launched its first attacks against IS in Iraq in late 2014 as part of a US-led coalition.

Source: Bangkok Post August 06, 2016 17:37 UTC