• Mourners gather at site of Belgium attack

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    A woman prays at the site of a gun and grenade attack in central Liege December 14.

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    A woman stands near flowers and offerings placed at the site of a gun and grenade attack in central Liege December 14. Nordine Amrani, a 33-year-old previously jailed for possession of arms and drugs offences, brought carnage to Liege on Tuesday, spraying bullets at Christmas shoppers and hurling a grenade at people waiting for a bus, killing four people including a girl of 17 months before shooting himself dead.

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    Shattered glass in a window after the shooting and grenades attack in Place Saint-Lambert, Liege, Belgium, on Dec. 14. A wounded child died late Dec. 13 after a shooting and grenade attack on a Belgian Christmas market, raising the death toll to five, a news report said. The dead consisted of four victims and the perpetrator, a man who hurled grenades and fired into a crowd 13 December in Liege before taking his own life, the Belga news agency reported. More than 120 people.

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    People mourn at Place Saint Lambert on Dec. 14, in Liege, Belgium. Three people were killed and over 120 injured after Nordine Amrani threw grenades and started shooting at a busy market. Amrani commited suicide at the scene.

     From msnbc.com news services:

    LIEGE, Belgium - Investigators have found the body of a woman in a shed belonging to the gunman who killed four people and wounded 125 in eastern Belgium on Tuesday.

    The body was found following an overnight search of the building, which police said shooter Nordine Amrani had used to grow cannabis.

    The 33-year-old brought carnage to the eastern city of Liege by hurling grenades and spraying bullets into crowds of Christmas shoppers.

     

    Two boys aged 15 and 17 were killed, along with a 75-year-old woman and a toddler of just 17 months, whom hospital doctors fought for hours to save.

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  • Attacker throws grenades, kills four in Belgium

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    People run as police mobilize after a grenade attack at Place St-Lambert in the heart of the city on Dec. 13 in Liege, Belgium. Two people were killed and 25 injured after at least two men threw grenades and started shooting with Kalashnikovs at a bus stop. According to reports one of the attackers was killed and another is on the run.

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    Emergency services assist a victim after a grenade attack at Place St-Lambert in the heart of the city on December 13, 2011 in Liege, Belgium. Two people were killed and 25 injured after at least two men threw grenades and started shooting with Kalashnikovs at a bus stop. According to reports one of the attackers was killed and another is on the run.

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    Police run with unholstered guns after a grenade attack at Place St-Lambert in the heart of the city on Dec. 13 in Liege, Belgium. Two people were killed and 25 injured after at least two men threw grenades and started shooting with Kalashnikovs at a bus stop. According to reports one of the attackers was killed and another is on the run.

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    Rescuers evacuate injured people at the Place Saint Lambert square where two men threw explosives in the city center of the Belgian city of Liege on Dec. 13. The men threw multiple explosives towards a bus stop, killing two people including one of the attackers and wounding about 15 people, Belgian news agency Belga reported on Tuesday.

     From msnbc.com news services:

    LIEGE, Belgium - A man armed with hand grenades and guns opened fire in the crowded center of a Belgian city on Tuesday, killing four people and wounding dozens, officials said.

    Liege Prosecutor Danielle Reynders said that the dead included a 15-year-old boy, a 17-year-old girl and a 75-year-old woman. Officials say at least 75 people have been wounded.

    La Libre newspaper said one of the wounded is a 2-year-old girl, who is in critical condition.

    The man, named by Belgian press agency Belga as 32-year-old Nordine Amrani, opened fire and threw explosives on a city center square which was hosting a Christmas market.

    It was not immediately clear what motivated the attack in Liege city, but Interior Ministry official Peter Mertens said it did not involve terrorism. He said the assailant died, but did not say how that had happened. The daily La Meuse newspaper said the unidentified attacker killed himself.

    Earlier media reports had said as many as three men had launched the midday attack, which left blood splattered across the cobblestone streets of a central square in Liege where people were doing Christmas shopping.

    Click here to read more on the story as officials respond to the attack.