Belgium shooting: man kills passerby and two police officers in Liège

[KMack]

A gunman has killed two police officers and a passerby before being shot dead in the centre of the Belgian city of Liège, public broadcaster RTBF has said.

La Libre Belgique newspaper quoted a police source as saying the gunman shouted Allahu Akbar – “God is greatest” in Arabic – and had taken a woman hostage at some point in the attack.

The national anti-terrorist crisis centre, which interior minister Jan Jambon said was monitoring the situation, said terrorism could not be excluded as a motive though it was also looking into other possible reasons. “It is one of the questions on the table, but for the moment all scenarios are open,” a spokesman for the crisis centre said.

Two other police officers had been injured, Belga news agency said. A spokeswoman for the Liège public prosecutor’s office said two police officers had been shot dead and the gunman “neutralised” but could not confirm other details.

Images on social media showed people scurrying for safety on Liège’s central Boulevard d’Avroy, with shots and sirens being heard in the background.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...passerby-liege

[Gold-Shekel]

I was like, literally above the action, I could see & hear everything. Can't say I could hear him yell anything distinctively, he was dealt with quickly though.

[zhaoyun]

I was like, literally above the action, I could see & hear everything. Can't say I could hear him yell anything distinctively, he was dealt with quickly though.

You saw him get shot?

[Gold-Shekel]

You saw him get shot?

Didn't really want to see that and suffer potential psychological damages, I have exams coming up. I moved from the window as soon as the special police came, it took less that 5 minutes between the moment they arrived and the moment it started shooting from both sides. First a few shots (probably hangduns he took from the cops he killed), then automatic fire (which I guess is the cops).

Although, I did see the white Ford Fiesta in which the passer-by got shot.

[Gold-Shekel]

More on this.

His cousin was witness of a first murder he committed this night in the Commune of Marche-en-Famenne, she says it was most likely related to drugs.

https://www.tvlux.be/video/info/fait...on-_29269.html

http://www.sudinfo.be/id56617/articl...rie-pourraient

It is suspected he may be linked to a jewelry heist.


Just seems like a junkie who went on a spree.