ISIS claims responsibility for machete attack on two Belgian policewomen by Algerian who shouted ‘Allahu Akbar’ before being shot dead

ISIS has claimed responsibility for a machete attack on two Belgian policewomen carried out by an Algerian who shouted ‘Allahu Akbar’ before being shot dead by officers.
The 33-year-old went on the rampage with a knife outside a police station in Charleroi, south of Brussels yesterday, before he was shot by a third officer.

Today, he was identified by authorities as K.B. who has lived in Belgium since 2012 and has a criminal record.

The announcement came as ISIS claimed one of its ‘soldiers’ carried out the savage attack.

Quoting an unidentified source, the ISIS-linked Amaq Agency said Saturday’s attack came ‘in response to calls to target citizens’ belonging to countries in a US-led coalition bombing the extremists in Syria and Iraq.

Prosecutors said in a statement today: ‘There are indications that the attack may have been inspired by a terrorist motive. He is known to police for criminal acts, not for terrorism.’
Source: /Reuters