[AnNahar] The brother of a man accused of attacking two Brussels coppers with a knife has been charged with terrorism offenses, the Belgian federal prosecutor said on Friday.Aboubaker Diop, the brother of attack suspect Hicham Diop, was "charged with participation in the activities of a terrorist group", the prosecutor said in a statement.
Aboubaker Diop, a Belgian national born in 1970, was locked away
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on Thursday.
Police shot Hicham Diop in the leg and arrested him after he allegedly attacked two coppers, one male and one female, with a knife in the Schaerbeek area of the Belgian capital on Wednesday.
Prosecutors have charged 43-year-old Diop with "attempted murder in a terrorist context" and participating in terrorist activities.
Media reports said Diop was a kickboxing former soldier who had served until 2009 and who had ties to jihadists who had gone to fight in Syria.
Belgium remains on its second-highest level of terror alert in the wake of deadly suicide kabooms targeting Brussels' airport and metro system on March 22 in which 32 people were killed.