BRUSSELS—A lone assailant wielding a knife injured three people in Brussels on Monday during a rush-hour rampage through a subway car before being detained by police in the station under the European Union’s headquarters, officials said.
The Brussels prosecutor’s spokesperson, Martin Francois, said one of the three injured people was taken to hospital and remained in a “life-threatening” condition. The two others were treated for lesser injuries.
Francois told the Associated Press that at first sight “there were no indications of terrorism.” He said the suspect was a 30-year-old male.
A police officer stands in front of a security tape at a metro station near EU headquarters in Brussels on Jan. 30, 2023. (Sylvain Plazy/AP Photo)
Social media posts showed police with their guns pointed at a man at the Schuman station, while others showed a man wrapped in warming foil being attended to by first aid officials outside it. The station is directly under the main office of the EU’s executive Commission….