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Terrorist attack in Charleroi, Belgium 2016 stabbing of Charleroi police officers Charleroi - Tour Bleue - 2022-08-24 - 01.jpg Tour bleue (Blue tower) by Jean Nouvel, the police headquarter of Charleroi. Map of charleroi in belgium.PNG Location of Charleroi in Belgium 300px Charleroi, Belgium 6 August 2016 UTC+02:00 Knife attack, terrorist attack 1 (the perpetrator) 2 Khaled Babbouri Islamic extremism Machete On 6 August 2016, a man attacked two police officers with a machete in Charleroi, Belgium, before being shot dead by another police officer.https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2016-08-06/machete-attack-on-police-may-be-terrorism-belgian-premier-says Machete attack on police may be terrorism Bloomberg Politics 6 August 2016 Background The attack was one of a series of attacks on Belgian police officers in 2016, including the stabbing of two officers on 7 September 2016 in Molenbeek and the 5 October 2016 stabbing of Brussels police officers.Policières attaquées en Belgique: six interpellations AFP 30 November 2016 1844558637Liege shooting: Two police and passer-by dead in Belgium https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-44289404 29 May 2018 BBC Slashing According to accounts of Belgian police and prosecutors, the attack began just before 4:00 p.m., when the perpetrator approached two officers stationed at the checkpoint at the front of the police headquarters, immediately pulled a machete from the sports bag he carried and swung it violently toward the officer's heads. A third officer posted nearby shot the assailant. The attacker is reported to have said "Allahu Akbar" during the attack.http://news.sky.com/story/two-police-wounded-by-machete-wielding-man-10525587 Two Police Wounded By Machete-Wielding Man Sky News 6 August 2016https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/08/06/belgian-police-officers-injured-in-machete-attack/ Machete attack outside police station leaves two Belgian officers injured as third officer shoots assailant dead The Daily Telegraph 6 August 2016 Prime Minister Charles Michel said the incident is believed to be a terrorist attack, which would make it the first terrorist attack in Belgium since the Brussels bombings in March.Lawrence Norman Belgium Launches Terror Investigation Into Charleroi Machete Attack https://www.wsj.com/articles/belgium-launches-terror-investigation-into-charleroi-machete-attack-1470570832 The Wall Street Journal 7 August 2016 7 August 2016https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-36998449 Belgian police attacker shot and killed in Charleroi BBC News 6 August 2016 The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant claimed responsibility for the attack.https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-37003146 Belgium machete attacker was Algerian, say officials BBC News Online 7 August 2016 Perpetrator The attacker was a 33-year-old Algerian man who had a criminal record.Belgian official says machete attacker known for petty crime http://www.businessinsider.com/ap-belgian-official-says-machete-attacker-known-for-petty-crime-2016-8?IR=T 9 August 2016 Associated Press n Algerian man who attacked two Belgian policewomen with a machete over the weekend was known to authorities for petty crimes He had lived in Belgium illegally from 2012 until his death.https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/aug/07/belgium-islamic-state-machete-attack-police-officers-algerian Islamic State claims responsibility for machete attack on Belgian police officers The Guardian 7 August 2016https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/08/07/isil-claim-machete-attack-on-belgian-policewomen-as-assailant-id/ Isil claim machete attack on Belgian policewomen The Telegraph 7 August 2016 He attended the mosque at Farciennes.Khaled Babouri, le terroriste algérien de 33 ans qui a frappé deux policières à coups de machette, fréquentait une mosquée de Farciennes http://www.lanouvellegazette.be/1641043/article/2016-08-08/khaled-babouri-le-terroriste-algerien-de-33-ans-qui-a-frappe-deux-policieres-a-c 9 August 2016 La Novelle GazetteApril 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes Belgian authorities have released the perpetrator's initials, K.B., but have not released his name. Media outlets released the man's name as Khaled Babbouri.Attaque à Charleroi: ni arme ni explosifs dans la maison du frère de l'agresseur http://www.lesoir.be/1286332/article/actualite/belgique/2016-08-08/attaque-charleroi-ni-arme-ni-explosifs-dans-maison-du-frere-l-agresseur 9 August 2016 Le Soir fr En séjour illégal en Belgique, Khaled Babbouri, un Algérien de 33 ans, a été abattu ce samedi après avoir attaqué deux policières dans un commissariat de Charleroi. Two deportation orders had been issued for the perpetrator, but not carried out because Algeria and Belgium lack a diplomatic agreement under which Algerian citizens can be involuntarily sent back to Algeria. The perpetrator was not securely detained because Belgium has fewer spaces in secure detention facilities than individuals for whom deportation orders have been issued. Victims Both victims were policewomen (Corinne and Hakima). One suffered an injury to her jaw and had to undergo a second operation to avoid facial paralysis. Another suffered a "large facial scar", and had life-threatening injuries. Both were operated in hospital as emergency cases.Oscar Schneider Charleroi machete attack - both policewomen out of hospital http://www.brusselstimes.com/belgium/6269/attaque-a-la-machette-a-charleroi-les-deux-policieres-sont-sorties-de-l-hopital 28 September 2016 The Brussels Times Investigation Interior minister Jan Jambon stated that OCAM (Organ for Coordination for Analysis of Threats) is evaluating the attack "to determine if it is terrorism."Belgique : l'État islamique revendique l'attaque de Charleroi http://www.lefigaro.fr/international/2016/08/06/01003-20160806ARTFIG00130-belgique-deux-policieres-attaquees-a-l-arme-blanche-a-charleroi.php 8 August 2016 Le Figaro fr Le ministre belge de l'Intérieur Jan Jambon a condamné sur Twitter «un acte ignoble» et précisé qu'une évaluation OCAM (Organe de coordination pour l'analyse de la menace) était en cours. Cette organisation est chargée de déterminer s'il s'agit d'un acte de terrorisme. A "social housing" home was visited by the police the evening of the attack and further investigated by federal police, an evidence unit, and a bomb squad the following day. Le Soir reported that an Algerian family live at the residence.Perquisition à Farciennes en lien avec l'attaque à la machette à Charleroi http://www.lesoir.be/1285293/article/actualite/belgique/2016-08-07/perquisition-farciennes-en-lien-avec-l-attaque-machette-charleroi 8 August 2016 Le Soir fr Une perquisition avait lieu dimanche soir à Farciennes dans un quartier de logements sociaux. L’habitation concernée, déjà visitée par les forces de l’ordre dans la nuit de samedi à dimanche, se trouve rue Ry de la Glacière. Une famille algérienne vit à cette adresse. Reaction King Philippe of Belgium visited the victims and the site of the attack.Robert Hackwill BELGIUM'S KING PHILIPPE AND QUEEN MATHILDE VISIT CHARLEROI ATTACK SITE http://www.euronews.com/2016/08/09/belgium-s-king-philippe-and-queen-mathilde-visit-charleroi-attack-site 10 August 2016 Euronews The Mouvement Réformateur party presented a law on the Belgian Parliament that Belgian foreign aid be withheld from countries that don't allow the repatriation of their own citizens who are illegal immigrants in Belgium, and the Charleroi attack was cited as an example.Le MR suggère de lier aide au développement à la réadmission http://www.levif.be/actualite/belgique/le-mr-suggere-de-lier-aide-au-developpement-a-la-readmission/article-normal-541285.html 23 August 2016 Le Vif - L'Express fr La polémique sur la réadmission de citoyens qui ne sont pas en ordre de séjour sur le territoire belge avait rebondi après qu'un citoyen algérien en situation irrégulière avait attaqué des policières à la machette à Charleroi.https://www.lesoir.be/55715/article/2016-08-22/expulsions-le-mr-sort-la-menace-de-laide-au-developpement Expulsions: le MR sort la menace de l'aide au développement - Le Soir Plus fr Plus.lesoir.be 2016-08-27 See also List of Islamist terrorist attacks Terrorism in the European Union 2016 Brussels bombings 2016 stabbing of Brussels police officers 2018 Liège shooting References 50.4120 N 4.4536 E source:wikidata title Category:August 2016 crimes in Europe Category:August 2016 in Belgium 2016 Category:Stabbing attacks in 2016 Category:Islamic State terrorist incidents in Belgium Category:Terrorist incidents involving knife attacks in Europe Category:2016 crimes in Belgium Category:Terrorist incidents in Belgium in 2016 Category:Crimes against police officers in Belgium Category:Stabbing attacks in Belgium