A police officer has been stabbed in central Brussels.
It happened outside a police station near the city's Grand Place at around 5:30am local time.
Belgium's interior minister Jan Jambon said the policeman's injuries are not life-threatening.
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The suspected attacker has been shot, and his condition are also not believed to be life-threatening.
Mr Jambon described the knife attack as a 'cowardly act against police'.
Investigations into the motivation for the attack are ongoing.