A man has been shot dead after attacking soldiers with a machete in Brussels, in what prosecutors are treating as a terror attack. 


The Somali attacker, aged 30, died in hospital. One of the soldiers suffered a hand injury. 


Photographs show the street cordoned off with police and troops in the area. 


Soldiers have become a familiar sight on the streets of the Belgian capital since terror attacks which killed more than 30 people last year. 


The attack took place on Boulevard Emile Jacqmain in the centre of the city. 


Belgium's federal prosecutor's office said the attacker had not been "known for terrorist activities" but had shouted "Allahu Akbar" ("God is greatest" in Arabic) during the assault

Source: NNA