Was Belgium shooting a terror attack?

Reports suggest the gunman had been radicalised in prison

Three people have been killed in a shooting in the Belgian city of Liège
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Belgian authorities are facing questions over the release of a convicted criminal, believed to have been radicalised in jail, who killed three people in the Belgian city of Liege yesterday.

The shooter, who has been identified as 31-year-old Benjamin Herman, reportedly attacked police and took a hostage at a school, before being killed in a shootout that injured four other officers.

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