A police patrol was attacked by a man with a knife near Gare du Nord in the Belgian capital on Thursday evening. One policeman was stabbed in the neck and died of his injuries, while another is injured, reports De Standaard newspaper. The police suspect that the incident is a terrorist attack, but the investigators have not yet collected enough evidence to confirm it, says an anonymous official to AFP. The alleged perpetrator was later shot by a police officer and taken to hospital, according to Belgian newspapers. Alleged to have shouted “Allahu Akbar” According to police sources, the man is said to have entered a police station earlier in the day, where he is said to have shouted that he was going to kill police officers, De Standaard and Sudinfo report. Several sources say that the perpetrator must have shouted “Allahu Akbar” before attacking the police officers.
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