Belgian Police Shoot Terror Suspect in The Leg After Two officers are Stabbed and Brussels Train Station is Evacuated in Bomb Scare
- Belgian counter terrorist prosecutors investigating a stabbing incident
- Two police officers were attacked on a busy main road in Schaerbeek
- Man stabbed one of the officers in the stomach and the other in the neck
- Belgian police said it had 'reason to believe this was a terrorist attack'
- Brussels Nord Train Station, in north of the city, was later evacuated
BBC/Daily Mail UK, 5 October 2016
Two police officers were stabbed as one of Belgium's busiest train stations was evacuated due to a bomb scare.
The officers were attacked by an unnamed individual in a busy main road in Schaerbeek, known as a 'hotbed of jihadism'.
Police shot the suspect in the leg and arrested him.
Federal prosecutor's spokesman Eric Van Der Sypt said 'we have reason to believe it is terror-related.'
Belgian counter terrorist prosecutors were investigating a stabbing incident in Brussels today
Police and army personnel were stationed outside the station following a bomb alert
Police stand at the scene where officers were stabbed by an unidentified man in Schaarbeek
The prosecutor's office said the man stabbed one of the police officers in the stomach and the other in the neck.
Neither was seriously hurt.
The suspect then tried to run away but was spotted by another police patrol who shot him in the leg.
The suspect 'broke the nose' of one of the policemen in the struggle.
Schaerbeek has become synonymous with terrorism after a dilapidated 1960s flat in the neighbourhood was used by three jihadists as a bomb-making safehouse prior to the devastating airport and metro attacks on March 22.
The Criminal Investigation Department pictured at the scene of a stabbing in Schaerbeek
Several terror suspects linked to the coordinated Paris attacks last November were also based in the district.
The attack came hours after commuters were ordered to leave Brussels Nord Train Station as it was swept for explosives.
Police searched the station, causing major delays, but found 'nothing untoward'.
The station was re-opened at around 3pm local time.
Commuters were forced to leave the station in the north of the city as officers investigated
Spokesman Frederic Sacre said:
'A message of an alleged bomb threat was sent to the police, all the people were evacuated from the station, the trains stopped.'
The same station was evacuated two days ago as officials investigated a suspect package found in a car parked outside.
Belgium has been on high alert after coordinated suicide bombings at Brussels airport and at Maalbeek metro train station, which left 35 dead and was the deadliest terrorist attack in the country's history.
Representatives from 70 countries and 25 international organisations are currently in Brussels for a major conference on Afghanistan.
US secretary of state, John Kerry and the UN secretary general, Ban Ki-moon are among those in attendance.
Police searched the station, causing major delays, but found 'nothing untoward'
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