knife attack kills three at Belgium child care center. 12 being treated

[Liberal_in_LA]

Other countries point out the violence in America but it's interesting that so many of these attacks on
children happen in other countries.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/01/23/belgium.nursery.attack/index.html

Children dead in Belgian nursery knife attack
2 children, 1 adult killed in knife attack at creche, Belgian Interior Ministry says
Three others reported seriously injured in attack in town of Dendermonde
Attacker "had painted face," local journalist tells CNN

(CNN) -- Two children and one adult were killed Friday after a man with a painted face launched a knife attack at a children's daycare center in Belgium.


Officials said two adults and 10 children, some of whom were in a critical condition, were being treated in hospital following the attack in Dendermonde, 25 kilometers (16 miles) northwest of Brussels.

"The guy just went crazy," local official Theo Janssens said, according to Agence France-Presse news agency.

He was arrested an hour and a half afterwards, according to the Interior Ministry. Reports said he was trying to make his escape on a bicycle.

The attacker entered the day care center in Dendermonde, about 16 miles northwest of Brussels, around 10 a.m. (4 a.m. ET) and began stabbing children and staff, the ministry said.

Local journalist Bart Bekaert told CNN that the attacker's face was painted black and white. Hear Bekaert describe the attack »