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A A police officer was stabbed in the center of Brussels Tuesday morning by a man who allegedly shouted "Allahu Akbar" before launching his attack.
The knife was shot by other police officers in front of a police station near Grand Place, a world famous site in Brussels, classified as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, at 5:30 am local time.
The injured officer was rushed to the hospital. Illse Van De Keere, spokesman for the police, said: "The agent is injured but his life is not in danger."
The attacker should also survive his injuries. Belgian media reported that the man was known to the police, but not for terrorist offenses.
Ms. Van de Keere said that it was too early to say whether the attack was related to terrorism or allegations that the man would have shouted "Allah Akbar", which means "God is great" ".
Koen Geens, the Minister of Justice, told local radio: "We are looking for a link with radicalism, but for now, it does not seem to be there."
"The police are victims of a cowardly attack," said Jan Jambon, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Belgian Security.
The prosecutor's office needs to review the investigation later in the morning.
In May, an isolated terrorist murdered three people, including two police officers, in Liège, Belgium.
Emmanuel Macron, the French president who is on an official visit to Belgium, is expected to visit today in the Brussels suburb of Molenbeek.
The visit is fraught with symbolism because the leaders of the terrorist attack in Paris are from Molenbeek. Franco-Belgian relations have suffered accusations that the Belgian had not done enough to stem radical Islam in his country.
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