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In this photo taken from a video on Tuesday, May 29, 2018, emergency services arrive at the scene after a shooting incident, in Liege, Belgium. A knife-wielding man killed three people, including two police officers, in the Belgian city of Liege on Tuesday, a city official said. Police later killed the attacker, and other officers were wounded in the shooting. (Photo by VICTOR JAY via AP)<\/p><\/div>\n

LIEGE, Belgium \u2014 A knife-wielding man stabbed two police officers Tuesday in the Belgian city of Liege, stole their weapons and shot them and a bystander dead in an attack that prosecutors fear could be terror-related.<\/p>\n

The man, who was later killed by police, approached two police officers from behind carrying a knife and stabbed them several times, said Philippe Dulieu, spokesman for the Liege prosecutor\u2019s office.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe then took their weapons. He used the weapons on the officers, who died,\u201d Dulieu told reporters.<\/p>\n

Dulieu said the attacker then shot dead a 22-year-old man in a vehicle parked nearby, and took a woman hostage in a school close to where the shooting took place outside a city cafe.<\/p>\n

\u201cLiege police intervened. He came out firing at police, wounding a number of them, notably in the legs. He was shot dead,\u201d the spokesman said.<\/p>\n

A senior official at the federal prosecutor\u2019s office told The Associated Press that \u201cthere are indications it could be a terror attack.\u201d<\/p>\n

Despite this, Belgium\u2019s crisis center said it saw no reason to raise the country\u2019s terror threat alert for now.<\/p>\n

When asked about the report that the attack was terror-related, Liege city hall Michel Firket told the AP: \u201cI know nothing formal about that. The police is doing its investigation. There are no formal conclusions.\u201d<\/p>\n

A spokeswoman for the city mayor\u2019s office, Laurence Comminette, told the AP that the children at the school were all safe.<\/p>\n

Prime Minister Charles Michel said only that \u201cthere was a serious incident.\u201d He was rushing to the crisis center to get more information.<\/p>\n

Yves Stevens of Belgium\u2019s federal crisis center said that security in Liege is now under control, and that there was no reason yet to raise the national terror threat level.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is absolutely no confirmation yet that the incident is terror-related,\u201d Stevens told the AP.<\/p>\n

Video posted on Twitter by a person claiming to be a witness showed people running in the area. About six gunshots could be heard.<\/p>\n

Belgian police and military have been on alert since suicide bombers killed 32 people at the Brussels airport and subway system in 2016.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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