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CNN: ISIS claims attack on soldiers in Brussels

By CNN.

Published Aug. 27, 2017 at 10:48 am

Policemen stand guard the Boulevard Emile Jacqmain in the city centre of Brussels on Aug. 25, where a man is alleged to have attacked soldiers with a knife and was shot.

Photo by AFP

ISIS claimed responsibility for a knife attack on soldiers in Brussels, Belgium, according to a message circulating on Islamic State-linked social media accounts Saturday.

The two soldiers were on patrol Friday evening when a man attacked them from behind with a knife while shouting “Allahu akbar” (God is greatest), the Belgian Federal Prosecutor’s Office said.