2 Police Wounded By Machete-Wielding Man

Two female police officers have been wounded in Belgium by a man wielding a machete who shouted "Allahu Akbar".

The man was shot after the attack in Charleroi, the city's police said in a tweet.

He has since died according to Begium's state broadcaster VTM.

Sky's Mark White said one of the officers suffered moderate injuries to her face and the other was less severely wounded.

He said: "This was an attack that unfolded at 4pm local time in Belgium outside the police station.

"Two police officers were attacked according to police officials by a man wielding a machete.

"A third officer, who was there at the police station, opened fire on the attacker.

"Now, there are local reports, this hasn't come from police sources, but local reports suggesting that the attacker as he set about attacking those two police officers was heard to shout 'Allahu Akbar', the Arabic phrase for God is great.

"But that at this stage hasn't been confirmed by police, but it is being widely reported by media sources in and around the city of Charleroi."

White said that officers are working on the theory that it is terrorist related.

The Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel said in a tweet in French: "I strongly condemn the attack in Charleroi. Thoughts are with the victims, their relatives and with the police. We will follow the situation closely."

Belgium's interior minister has said on Twitter that OCAM (the country's anti-terror group) is investigating the attack.

It comes months after a deadly attack in which 35 people were killed in a suicide bombing on Brussels main airport and a local Metro station in the Belgian capital.

Source: Skynews