Daesh claims responsibility for Brussels stabbing: Amaq

By Reuters
August 27, 2017

Friday's knife attack in Brussels, the Belgian capital, had left one soldier wounded

Belgian policemen and soldiers are seen at the scene where a man attacked two soldiers with a knife in Brussels, Belgium, August 25, 2017, in this picture obtained from social media. Thomas Da Silva Rosa via REUTERS

CAIRO: Daesh has claimed responsibility for aknife attack on soldiers in the Belgian capital of Brussels on Friday, the group’s Amaq news agency said on Saturday.

“The executor of the stabbing operation in Brussels is a soldier of the Islamic State and carried out the operation in response to calls for attacks against coalition states,” Amaq said, referring to a US-led coalition fighting the extremist group.


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