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Prosecutors: Brussels Knife Attacker Shot by Soldiers in Brussels Has Died

by Reuters

   BRUSSELS --

   A man shot on Friday after attacking two soldiers with a knife in
   Brussels has died, Belgium's federal prosecutors said, adding they were
   treating the event as an attempted terrorist murder.

   A spokeswoman for federal prosecutors said the man had shouted "Allahu
   Akbar" (Arabic for "God is Great") twice during the attack.

   The soldiers were lightly wounded in the attack, one in the face and
   the other in the hand.

   Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel tweeted: "All our support is with
   our soldiers. Our security services remain on alert. We are following
   the situation closely."

   In addition to regular police, Brussels streets are being patrolled by
   soldiers due to a heightened security threat level in the wake of
   militant attacks in Paris and the Belgian capital in 2015 and 2016.

   In June, troops shot dead a suspected suicide bomber in Brussels'
   central train station but there were no other casualties, in what
   authorities treated a terrorist incident.

   This story will be updated as more information becomes available.