Day after London attack, armed man tries to drive into crowd in Belgium

March 23, 2017 20:19

A man was arrested in Belgium's Antwerp today after trying to drive a car at high speed into a packed shopping street, police said.

The man was stopped by police and members of the armed forces at the scene in Antwerp.

Belgian security forces found a rifle as well as bladed weapons in a car driven by a Frenchman.

"Different arms were found in the boot -- bladed weapons, a riot gun (rifle) and a container of liquid that is still unidentified," the federal prosecutor's office said in a statement.

"The suspect is Mohamed R., born on May 8, 1977, of French nationality and a resident of France," the statement said.

The incident came a day after an attack on the British parliament killed three people plus the attacker, as well as after the first anniversary of the Brussels attacks in which 32 people died.

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