Shocking moment woman is shot by cops after ‘stabbing three people on a bus with a machete’
The woman is being treated for non-lethal injuries following the confrontation in Brussels
THIS is the shocking moment a woman was gunned down by police after stabbing three passengers on a bus in Belgium.
Footage filmed on a smartphone showed police surrounding her on a street before a loud bang is heard and she collapses on the ground.
The confrontation arose after three people were seriously hurt and taken to hospital, while a third escaped with minor cuts during an alleged bus attack.
The incident took place at about 4.30pm local time yesterday when the woman allegedly got into a row with passengers on an MIVB bus in Ukkel, just outside the capital.
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Police shot the woman in the arm after warning her to drop her weapon, cops said.
TV network VTM quoted one prosecutor as saying there was no indication her attack was terror related.
Belgium has been on high alert since its nationals killed 130 in a series of terror outrages in Paris last November.
ISIS suicide bombers murdered 32 at Brussels airport and a metro station in March.
Officials have not yet provided any information about the attacker’s possible motive.
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