The death toll from a gun and grenade attack in the Belgian city of Liege on Tuesday has risen to five.<\/p>\n
A 75-year-old woman injured in the incident died in hospital on Thursday, officials said.<\/p>\n
Twenty out of about 125 people wounded are also still in hospital being treated, four in intensive care.<\/p>\n
A former convict Nordine Amrani launched his attack in a busy marketplace in the Place Saint-Lambert, killing passers-by and himself.<\/p>\n
Police later found the body of a woman, who had been shot in the head, in a shed belonging to Amrani.<\/p>\n
The body was that of a cleaner, reported to be 45 years old, who worked for one of Amrani’s neighbours.<\/p>\n
Two weapons and a stockpile of ammunition were also discovered in the shed, public prosecutor Daniele Reynders told a news conference.<\/p>\n
No message has been found from the attacker, she said.<\/p>\n
Officials say the shed was used by Amrani to grow cannabis.<\/p>\n
‘Traumatising’<\/strong><\/p>\n A small crowd gathered at the Place Saint-Lambert in Liege for a minute’s silence at midday (1100GMT) on Wednesday, 24 hours after the shooting. Some people laid flowers.<\/p>\n Students at the Saint Barthelemy high school – attended by two of the victims – also joined hands and observed the silence.<\/p>\n One of the boys has been identified as 17-year old Pierre Gerouville.<\/p>\n “It’s difficult to accept that it happened in Liege and you realise no-one is safe in this case – it could have been him, it could have been someone else,” said one student, Sophie Bodart.<\/p>\n “It’s traumatising to know – you see him in school but he will never be back,” said another pupil, Robin Hames.<\/p>\n “He didn’t do anything. It was an exam day and he never came home.”<\/p>\n The authorities are still trying to determine what motivated Amrani, a Belgian citizen, to go on his killing spree.<\/p>\n Officials have ruled out organised political terrorism but have yet to determine why he opened fire.<\/p>\n The BBC’s Matthew Price, in Belgium, says they will now need to examine whether there was anything to indicate in advance that Amrani might have posed a danger to the public.<\/p>\n Police have said he was known to them for previous drugs and firearms offences and acted alone in the attack.<\/p>\n Amrani, a resident of Liege, had spent three years in jail for firearms and drugs offences, Ms Reynders said.<\/p>\n He was released on parole in October 2010.<\/p>\n There were no medical reports suggesting any mental health problems, she said.<\/p>\n Amrani had been asked to attend a police station on Tuesday for an interview in connection with charges against him.<\/p>\n Instead, he took an assault rifle, revolver and hand grenades into the busy town centre square, close to the courthouse.<\/p>\n At about midday, he threw three grenades at people waiting for buses then opened fire, sending hundreds of people fleeing in panic.<\/p>\n A 15-year-old boy died instantly, while the other victims died later in hospital.<\/p>\n Ms Reynders said Amrani had committed suicide at the scene by shooting himself in the head. <\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The death toll from a gun and grenade attack in the Belgian city of Liege on Tuesday has risen to five. A 75-year-old woman injured in the incident died in hospital on Thursday, officials said<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14235","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"\n