2016 Brussels stabbing attacks

2016 Brussels stabbing attacks
Part of Terrorism in Belgium and Islamic terrorism in Europe
LocationSchaerbeek, Belgium
Date5 October 2016 (UTC+02:00)
TargetPolice officers
Attack type
Stabbing
WeaponsMachete
Deaths0
Injured4 (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.


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