Daesh claims responsibility for Brussels stabbing: Amaq

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

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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 a knife 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.