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A man armed with a machete has been arrested in Belgium less than 24 hours after police officers were attacked with a similar weapon.

An area of Liege was evacuated after a man was spotted armed with a machete at around 7am on Sunday.

The man, said to be previously unknown to police, was detained without incident.

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On Saturday, a crazed man hacked at a police officer's face with a machete and shouted 'Allahu Akbar' in Charleroi around 100km away.

A second officer was also injured, before a third cop shot the man dead.

The suspected terror attack happened at the Belgian city's main police station just before 4pm.

Prime Minister Charles Michel broke off his holiday in southern France and returned to Belgium today.

He said security will be stepped up at police stations and confirmed the Charleroi incident is being treated as a terror-related attempted murder.

The attacker has not been named but was an Algerian man aged 30 to 40-years-old.

He was not previously known to security services, according to local reports.