Wednesday, December 14, 2011

Carnage in Belgium!


A lone gunman brought carnage to the Belgian city of Liege on Tuesday, spraying bullets at Christmas shoppers and hurling a grenade at people waiting for a bus, killing three people including a girl of 17 months before shooting himself dead.
On Wednesday, Belgian authorities say they found the body of a cleaning woman in the home of the attacker.
Police at Scene of grenade attack in Leige, Belgium (pic: PA)


The attack, in which another 125 people were wounded, paralyzed the center of Belgiums fifth city, with workers trapped in offices as police sealed off the area, helicopters circled, and ambulances poured in from as far away as the Netherlands.
The man's motive was unclear but Belgian officials said there was no indication it was an act of terrorism.


Witnesses said 33-year-old Nordine Amrani had begun his rampage at about 12:30 p.m. near a bus stop at Place Saint Lambert, site of Liege's bustling Christmas market and its main courthouse. Shoppers scattered to flee the bullets.A woman lights a candle on the site of the December 13 shooting on the Place Saint-Lambert in Liege on December 14 , 2011.
Amrani was freed from jail about a year ago after a conviction for possessing weapons and drug offences.
Police said the dead were two boys of 15 and 17, and a toddler of just 17 months whom hospital doctors fought for hours to save.