Knifeman attacks Brussels police

08 Sep, 2016

A man wielding a knife attacked two Belgian police officers in the capital Brussels on Wednesday but their body armour protected them and they were unhurt, the police said. Police gave no immediate details about the suspect's identity or motives for the attack in a park in the Molenbeek district where several men linked to last year's Islamic State-claimed attacks in Paris lived.
The man was arrested by another patrol and is now in custody, police spokeswoman Julie Mampuy told AFP. "Two patrolmen were attacked with a knife by a man while they were in the Bonnevie park in Molenbeek," police spokeswoman Julie Mampuy told AFP. "They received several knife blows but they were protected by their bullet-proof vests and were fortunately not hurt," she added.

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