A machete-wielding man attacked two female police officers in the southern Belgian city of Charleroi on Saturday.<br />The man, who shouted “Allahu Akbar” during the attack, was shot dead by police.<br />Prime Minister Charles Michel said that the identity of the assailant or his motive was not immediately known but “initial indications very clearly point towards terrorism.”<br />Charleroi was used as a base by some of the jihadists involved in the attacks on Paris in November 2015 and Brussels earlier this year.
