Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel told broadcaster RTL that a machete attack in Charleroi in which two police officers were wounded before the attacker was fatally shot is an Islamic terrorist attack.
The attacker shouted “Allahu Akbar”, in Arabic it means ” Praise God”.
“Initial indications very clearly point towards terrorism,” Mr Michel told the national Belgian television channel.
The machete-wielding man yelling “Allahu Akbar” has badly injured the two female police officers before being shot outside the main police station in the southern Belgian city of Charleroi.
He allegedly badly slashed them both in the face.
The attack in the city of Charleroi, around 30 miles south of Brussels, left one of the officers with “deep wounds to the face” while the other was slightly injured.