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Belgium: "Terror" probe opened after attack on policewomen
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Belgium's prime minister has announced a "terror" probe into a machete attack that wounded two policewomen, in what appeared to be the latest in a string of jihadist attacks in Europe.
"We have been informed by federal prosecutors that an investigation has started for attempted terrorist murder... given certain elements (in the case)," Charles Michel told reporters.
The prime minister was referring to the attacker's cry of "Allahu Akbar" (God is greatest) during the assault in front of a police station.
The attack in the city of Charleroi, around 60km south of Brussels, left one of the officers with "deep wounds to the face" while the other was slightly injured.
The attacker, who was shot by a third officer subsequently died of his injuries.
Islamist bombers killed 32 people in suicide attacks in Brussels in March, and many of the jihadists who carried out attacks on Paris last November in which 130 people died were based in Belgium.
Those attacks were claimed by the so-called Islamic State (IS) jihadist group, which controls large areas of territory in Iraq and Syria and has claimed numerous terror attacks in Europe in the last year.
Belgian police have carried out dozens of anti-terror raids since the attacks in Paris.
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