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| Two police officers and a passer-by have been killed after a man opened fire in Liege, Belgium. The attacker was shot dead after taking a woman hostage in a local high school. The incident is being investigated as terrorism. | Two police officers and a passer-by have been killed after a man opened fire in Liege, Belgium. The attacker was shot dead after taking a woman hostage in a local high school. The incident is being investigated as terrorism. |
| A local prosecutor told a news conference that the man attacked the two officers from behind with a knife before taking one of their guns and shooting them dead. The third victim was a passenger in a parked car. | A local prosecutor told a news conference that the man attacked the two officers from behind with a knife before taking one of their guns and shooting them dead. The third victim was a passenger in a parked car. |
| Another two people have been injured in the incident, according to Belgian broadcaster RTBF. Police have now cordoned off an area around Avroy Boulevard in the center of the city. | Another two people have been injured in the incident, according to Belgian broadcaster RTBF. Police have now cordoned off an area around Avroy Boulevard in the center of the city. |
| Belgian newspaper La Libre reports that the man opened fire at police at 10:30am local time at the Cafe des Augustins. He then went to Waha High School, where he took a woman hostage. Following a police operation, the man was shot dead about half an hour later. | Belgian newspaper La Libre reports that the man opened fire at police at 10:30am local time at the Cafe des Augustins. He then went to Waha High School, where he took a woman hostage. Following a police operation, the man was shot dead about half an hour later. |
| All of the children at the high school are said to be safe and under police protection. | All of the children at the high school are said to be safe and under police protection. |
| A spokesman for the national anti-terrorist crisis centre told Reuters that terrorism “is one of the questions on the table, but for the moment all scenarios are open.” | A spokesman for the national anti-terrorist crisis centre told Reuters that terrorism “is one of the questions on the table, but for the moment all scenarios are open.” |
| Local media have identified the alleged attacker as a Belgian national recently released from prison for drug offences, who reportedly mixed with radicalized inmates. | Local media have identified the alleged attacker as a Belgian national recently released from prison for drug offences, who reportedly mixed with radicalized inmates. |
| Footage from the scene posted on social media appears to show convoys of ambulances leaving Avroy Boulevard. The country’s anti-terrorist crisis center is now monitoring the situation, according to Interior Minister Jan Jambon. | Footage from the scene posted on social media appears to show convoys of ambulances leaving Avroy Boulevard. The country’s anti-terrorist crisis center is now monitoring the situation, according to Interior Minister Jan Jambon. |
| The center told the AP that Belgium’s terrorist threat levels are not yet being raised in response to the incident. | The center told the AP that Belgium’s terrorist threat levels are not yet being raised in response to the incident. |
| Liege has been the scene of mass shootings in the past. In December 2011, Nordine Amrani opened fire at a Christmas market in Saint-Lambert Square in the city, killing six people and leaving 125 others injured. Amrani then committed suicide by shooting himself. | Liege has been the scene of mass shootings in the past. In December 2011, Nordine Amrani opened fire at a Christmas market in Saint-Lambert Square in the city, killing six people and leaving 125 others injured. Amrani then committed suicide by shooting himself. |