Two police officers and a passer-by were killed this morning in Liege, Belgium by a gunman reportedly shouting, “Allahu Akbar”:
Two police officers and a passer-by are shot dead in Belgium before attacker 'shouting "Allahu Akbar"' is killed https://t.co/IukXXqUrxG pic.twitter.com/Zi87wqJH5p
— Daily Mail Online (@MailOnline) May 29, 2018
According to reports, the gunman also took a hostage before being killed by police:
BREAKING: Official in Belgian city of Liege tells @AP that gunman shoots 3 dead, 2 of them police; attacker also killed.
— The Associated Press (@AP) May 29, 2018
A gunman who shot two police officers in Belgium before taking a woman hostage has been shot dead https://t.co/1BuF8tIWnC
— TheJournal.ie (@thejournal_ie) May 29, 2018
According to these early reports, it doesn’t sound like the third person killed was the hostage. From CBS News:
Two police officers and one other person were killed during a shootout with an armed assailant in the Belgian city of Liege on Tuesday, according to reports. The assailant was believed to have fled the scene and taken a woman hostage at a nearby school as more law enforcement rushed to attend the incident.
Prosecutors said that the gunman had been killed, but that two officers and one other person had lost their lives. In a statement on Facebook, local police said that the third death was a passenger in a passing vehicle, and that two other officers were injured.
And you can hear gunshots on this video from an eyewitness, translated as “Shots fired in Liège, evacuation of the Avroy Boulevard. Many police cars on site + rescue #Avroy #Liege #gunshot”:
https://twitter.com/VICTORJ_FR/status/1001386217676648448
We’ll keep you posted.
Update. The attacker somehow disarmed the cops and killed them with their own weapons:
BREAKING: Prosecutor in Belgian city of Liege says attacker disarmed police, used their weapons in shooting rampage .
— The Associated Press (@AP) May 29, 2018
And authorities are saying it could be a terror attack:
A Belgian official told @AP "there are indications" that the shooting in the eastern city of Liege could be a terror attack. https://t.co/l0RdQrb1uI
— Rebekah Hoeger (@RebekahHoeger) May 29, 2018
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