Belgium Sees Terror Motive in Killings at Jewish Museum

Terrorism was the likely motive in a deadly attack at the Jewish Museum of Belgium in Brussels, government authorities said, as the country appealed for international support in the manhunt for the assailant.

“The analysis of the first images shows a person who seems cold-blooded and apparently determined” in the killing spree that lasted less than 90 seconds, Wenke Roggen, a spokeswoman for Belgium’s federal prosecutor’s office, said yesterday in Brussels. “This combined with the fact that the shots were fired inside the Jewish Museum makes us believe that the crimes were committed with a terrorist motive.”