Two female police officers have been wounded in Belgium by a man wielding a machete who shouted "Allahu Akbar".
The man was shot after the attack in Charleroi and was later confirmed to have died from his injuries, the city's police said in a tweet.
Sky News is reporting that one of the officers suffered moderate injuries to her face and the other was less severely wounded. The man was shot by a third officer.
The attack took place at around 4pm local time outside a police station in the city.
Local reports suggest that the attacker was heard to shout "Allahu Akbar,” the Arabic phrase for God is great.
The Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel said in a tweet in French: "I strongly condemn the attack in Charleroi. Thoughts are with the victims, their relatives and with the police. We will follow the situation closely."
Belgium's interior minister has said on Twitter that OCAM (the country's anti-terror group) is investigating the attack.
A Charleroi police tweet confirmed the death of the attacker. It said: "We confirm the death of the machete attacker. Our two colleagues are out of danger. Thank you for the good wishes."
The attack comes months after a deadly attack in which 35 people were killed in a suicide bombing on Brussels main airport and a local Metro station in the Belgian capital.
