2016 Brussels stabbing attacks | |
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Part of Terrorism in Belgium and Islamic terrorism in Europe | |
Location | Schaerbeek, Belgium |
Date | 5 October 2016 (UTC+02:00) |
Target | Police officers |
Attack type | Stabbing |
Weapons | Machete |
Deaths | 0 |
Injured | 4 (including the suspect) |
On 5 October 2016, three police officers were attacked by a man wielding a machete in the Schaerbeek municipality of Brussels, Belgium. Two of them suffered stab wounds, while the third was physically assaulted but otherwise uninjured. The suspected assailant, a Belgian citizen named Hicham Diop, was apprehended and charged with attempted terrorism-related murder and participating in a terrorist group.
He soon told police that his brother, Aboubaker Diop, had also been involved, and the latter was also arrested.