According to the Luxembourg-based RTL broadcaster, prosecutors said that there was currently no indication that the stabbing incident in Ghent was of a terrorist nature. The prosecutor's office has not provided any further details on the matter so far, the broadcaster added.
On Sunday evening, following a stabbing spree in southern London, which left several people injured and the attacker shot by police, two people were stabbed in Belgium's Ghent.
© AP Photo / Virginia MayoPolice cars near the Justice Palace in Brussel
Police cars near the Justice Palace in Brussel
© AP Photo / Virginia Mayo
The East Flanders Prosecutor's Office along with the country's police launched an investigation into the incident.