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Tom Davidson

Brussels knife attacker ‘just released from psychiatric hospital and hated police’

Police officers stand guard near the scene of a stabbing attack

(Picture: AFP via Getty Images)

A lone attacker who killed one police officer and hurt another in a stabbing earlier went to a police station to express hatred for them, Belgian authorities said.

The suspect made "unhinged remarks" during a talk with officers hours before the attack, which is being investigated as possibly terror-related, Brussels prosecutor Sarah Durant said.

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