Police shoot man in Brussels after knife attack

Police officers stand at the entrance of the Park Maximilien in Brussels, Belgium, September 17, 2018. REUTERS/Francois Walschaerts

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Belgian police shot and seriously wounded a homeless man who they said attacked them with a knife after they found him sleeping rough in Brussels on Monday.

Prosecutors dismissed any terrorist motive on the part of the man, who they identified as a Belgian national of Egyptian origin, and opened investigations into both the knife attack and the police officers' use of a firearm.