Belgian army base car attack: Police hunt for man

[MowCowWhoHow III]

Source: BBC

A man is on the run after an attempted attack on a Belgian army barracks in the town of Flawinne.

Shots were fired by Belgian soldiers after a masked man rammed a car into the gates of a paratrooper barracks.

The attacker then fled in his car, which has been found abandoned in the nearby town of Belgrade. It is unclear what the attacker's motives were.

Prosecutors say that were no injuries in the attack, near the city of Namur in the south of the country.

Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-34637297

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[Demeter]

1. How very odd.

Europe is beginning to look like US in civic craziness.

[Eugene]

3. New headline at link: Belgium army base car attack: 'Terrorism not the motive'

Source: BBC

Belgium army base car attack: 'Terrorism not the motive'

26 October 2015 Europe

Belgium has said there are no signs that terrorism was the motive behind an attack on army barracks near the city of Namur.

Belgian police have arrested a suspect after a masked gunman tried to crash his car through the gates of the army barracks.

The man drove off after the attempted attack, during which Belgian soldiers fired shots. No-one was hurt.

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"For the moment there are no elements which would allow us to say we are facing a terrorist examination," a spokesman for prosecutors in Namur told a press conference.

"The theory of an isolated incident or one of a psychologically unstable person cannot be ruled out," he said.

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Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-34637297

[EX500rider]

4. What they should have said was "motive unknown-possibly terrorism"