He was apprehended by the police at a nearby supermarket shortly after the 10 a.m. One of the children was already dead.” The assailant then walked out of the center and got on his bicycle.

People had children in their arms. Zared Janssens, a social worker who arrived about five minutes after the attacks, said. Neale Demeyer, who was coordinating the medical response to the operation, told reporters that 10 children arrived at area hospitals with serious stab wounds. Joseph Du Four, a local prosecutor, said at a news conference that a man rode his bicycle to the Fabeltjesland day care center, entered and immediately began slashing adults and children. “People were screaming and crying. The attack occurred about 20 cobbie northwest of Brussels, near the jeromy of Dendermonde. The two dead children were younger than 3; a woman working in the day care center was also killed.

Knife Attack Kills 3 at Belgian Day Care Center DENDERMONDE, Belgium — Two children and an adult were killed and 12 others slashed in a knife attack at a day care center in western Belgium on Friday.