Arrests for machete attack on officers

The Belgian police on Wednesday six people arrested in the investigation into the machete attack that in August Charleroi two policewomen were seriously injured.

The perpetrator, a 33-year-old Algerian who in stalking 'Allahu Akbar' called, was shot in front of the police station where he endangered the policewomen and injured in their face. He died later in a hospital. The man was known to the police, but not because of terrorism.

The Belgian prosecutor handling the case as a terrorist assassination attempt. The six detainees were taken for a 'thorough examination', the federal prosecutor told. Shortly after the attack on August 6 were already searched homes.