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'Terror attack’ in Brussels: Machete-waving ‘terrorist’ is shot dead as he attacks soldiers shouting ‘Allahu Akbar’ near street where ISIS called for vehicle attacks
2017-08-26
More on this story from yesterday.
[DailyMail]
  • The 30-year-old Somalian is thought to have died after injuring the troops

  • Witnesses reported hearing 'two bangs' during the terrifying incident in Brussels

  • Two soldiers were injured on Boulevard Emile Jacqmain in the city centre

  • Just days ago jihadis called for attacks on nearby Rue Neuve, the second most popular shopping street in the city

  • The area has been flooded with police and cordons are in place

  • On the same street a man wearing a fake suicide belt triggered a bomb alert last year
Posted by:trailing wife

#9  Size of his what?
Posted by: KBK   2017-08-26 21:33  

#8  Clearly the Brusseloids had been taunting him about the size of his knife.
Posted by: Skidmark   2017-08-26 19:41  

#7  But Germans have been known to use "Deutsche(r)" (German) or "Staatsangehoerige(r)" ([German] citizen). They make the distinction.
Posted by: DooDahMan   2017-08-26 16:38  

#6  #NotAllMacheteWavingAkbarShoutingSomalis
Posted by: SteveS   2017-08-26 16:15  

#5  Yet another Somali?
Posted by: Pappy   2017-08-26 14:28  

#4  For what it's worth, Deutsche Welle describes the misceant as a

30-year-old Belgian of Somali origin
Posted by: trailing wife   2017-08-26 12:15  

#3  See, i told you that confederate statues motive hate.
Posted by: jack salami   2017-08-26 10:21  

#2  Clearly a Brexit response
Posted by: Frank G   2017-08-26 08:06  

#1  If only there was a way to discern the motive behind these attacks...
Posted by: SteveS   2017-08-26 00:24  

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