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The man suspected of killing two toddlers and an adult in a stabbing spree at a Belgian nursery is a 20-year-old Belgian, a prosecutor said.
The man - who is being questioned - was not under the influence of alcohol or drugs and had no previous convinctions, prosecutor Christian Du Four added.
He was arrested after the knife attack in Dendermonde in which 10 children and two adults were also injured.
All 12 were operated on and their lives are no longer in danger, a doctor said.
Members of the Belgian royal family have gone to the town to offer comfort to emergency workers.
Prince Philippe and Princess Mathilde arrived at a crisis centre in the Dutch-speaking north-western town on Friday evening.
A man, who is believed to have painted his face black and white, reportedly tricked his way into the nursery on Friday morning, then ran amok stabbing children and staff before escaping by bicycle.
The unnamed suspect was detained at a supermarket a short distance away by a police patrol.
The two dead children were aged six and nine months, Belgium's Le Soir newspaper reports.
'Large knife'
Mr Du Four refused to name the detainee but said he came from the town.
"He is a 20-year-old Belgian, not of foreign origin," he said.
The man suspected of killing two toddlers and an adult in a stabbing spree at a Belgian nursery is a 20-year-old Belgian, a prosecutor said.
The man - who is being questioned - was not under the influence of alcohol or drugs and had no previous convinctions, prosecutor Christian Du Four added.
He was arrested after the knife attack in Dendermonde in which 10 children and two adults were also injured.
All 12 were operated on and their lives are no longer in danger, a doctor said.
Members of the Belgian royal family have gone to the town to offer comfort to emergency workers.
Prince Philippe and Princess Mathilde arrived at a crisis centre in the Dutch-speaking north-western town on Friday evening.
A man, who is believed to have painted his face black and white, reportedly tricked his way into the nursery on Friday morning, then ran amok stabbing children and staff before escaping by bicycle.
The unnamed suspect was detained at a supermarket a short distance away by a police patrol.
The two dead children were aged six and nine months, Belgium's Le Soir newspaper reports.
'Large knife'
Mr Du Four refused to name the detainee but said he came from the town.
"He is a 20-year-old Belgian, not of foreign origin," he said.
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