Four People Killed, Including Two Teenagers, And 75 Hurt As Gunman Hurls Grenades Into Christmas Shoppers In Belgian City Of Liege -- Daily Mail
* 15-year-old boy and 17-year-old girl among the dead
* Two-year-old girl is 'clinging to life'
* Attackers used a pistol, a rifle and hand grenades
Four people died and 75 were injured when a rogue gunman lobbed grenades and shot into crowds of shoppers at a Christmas market in Liege, Belgium.
The shoppers, many of them children, ran screaming for safety in the panic as the gunman opened fire.
The dead included a 15-year-old boy, a 17-year-old girl, and a 75-year-old woman. The attacker, 32-year-old Nordine Amrani, who was a convicted sex attacker and drug dealer, also died.
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