Two Brussels police stabbed in suspected 'terrorist attack'

Spokesperson for Belgian federal prosecutor they have elements to believe that the incident was a terrorist attack

BRUSSELS: An attacker stabbed two police officers in Brussels Wednesday in a possible terror incident before being shot in the leg, Belgian prosecutors said.

"We have elements to believe that the incident was a terrorist attack," Eric Van Der Sypt, a spokesperson for the Belgian federal prosecutor's office said.



Police said the officers, who were wearing plain clothes, did not suffer any life-threatening injuries.