Brussels & Buckinham Blade Attacks

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Thankfully it seems the soldiers were only lightly injured and the attacker is dead in Brussels. 30-year-old Somalian was the attacker and it is terrorism.

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/4324670/brussels-shooting-soldiers-attacked-knife-latest/

Quote:The Belgian capital was placed in lockdown with a massive police response following the horror, which came an hour before an almost identical attack on two police officers outside Buckingham Palace.

The soldiers - who suffered injuries to their face and hand - opened fire on the attacker as the 30-year-old man, believed to be from Somalia, charged at them with a large bladed weapon.

Pictures showed police and medics battling to save the suspected terrorist's life before he was taken to hospital, where he later died.

Officials said the man had no known extremist links - but the prosecutor's office said: "We believe it is a terrorist attack".

Belgian Federal Police spokesman, Jonathan Pfunde, said: "A man armed with a knife attacked a group of soldiers. The soldiers fired at him and neutralized the individual."

A spokeswoman for the prosecution service added: "With the identity that we currently have, it is a 30-year-old man who is not known for terrorist activities."

The incident happened at 8.20pm local time (7.20pm BST) near the on Emile-Jacqmain boulevard, according to local reports.

Witnesses staying nearby hotels said the area was put into lockdown, while a cordon was set up around the scene.

Pictures since emerged showing emergency services working on the man, who was later taken to hospital in a critical condition.

The attack comes just a week after 15 people were murdered in twin terror attacks in Spain.

An hour after the attack in Brussels, a man said to be "armed with a sword" attacked two police officers outside Buckingham Palace in London.

He was arrested on suspicion of grievous bodily harm and assault on police just after 8.35pm on Friday evening.

The Buckingham Palace attack mentioned in the article seems too identical and only an hour later to be coincidence, but they haven't released anything on the suspect yet, and haven't said if it was terrorism yet. Two police were hurt there.

[THE Bigzoman]

Those gosh darned white supremacists.