Two police officers have been stabbed by a knife-wielding assailant in Brussels, Belgian media says.
The attack occurred in the heavily Muslim neighborhood of Molenbeek.
The two officers, both of whom were wearing bulletproof vests, were unharmed, according to Flandersnews.be.
Police stand guard near a scene of a police operation in the Molenbeek-Saint-Jean district in Brussels, on March 18, 2016, as part of the investigation into the Paris November attacks. (AFP/BELGA/Dirk Waem)
The officers had approached the assailant to speak to him when they were attacked. One was stabbed in the stomach seven times, and another one stabbed once.
The attacker was apprehended after a short chase.
Molenbeek has been described by some as a hotbed of Islamism. Several terrorists from the March bombings in Brussels and the November attacks in Paris had been linked to the neighborhood.
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