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(CNN) -- A grenade and gun attack in the eastern Belgian city of Liege left four people dead, including the attacker, and at least 75 wounded Tuesday, the Liege public prosecutor said.

Those killed in the attack near a Christmas market in a city center square included two teenagers and a 65-year-old woman, prosecutor Danielle Reynders told reporters in Liege.

Some 52 people were treated for injuries by medics at a field hospital set up at the scene, the prosecutor said, while others went to hospitals in the area.

The attacker was identified as 33-year-old Liege resident Nordine Amrani, Reynders said. He had left his home with firearms and three grenades in his bag, she added.

(Nordine Amrani)
Amrani was on an elevated walkway above the square when he began throwing grenades down into the crowd and then firing, before shooting himself in the head with his revolver, the source said.

Amrani was previously in prison on drugs and arms racketeering charges, the source said, having been caught cultivating "several thousand" cannabis plants.

Authorities will carry out an autopsy in part to see if he was under influence of drugs during the attack, which has shocked the country and its security service, the source said.

He said that during Amrani's 40 months in jail, he was not diagnosed with any mental disorder or seen to be politicized before being released on conditional parole. The source said authorities have found no ties to Islamist terrorism.

Liege resident Kevin Hauzeur told CNN that he ducked for cover as he heard a "huge explosion and two or three gunshots" in the city center.