THE lone Belgian gunman who went on a murderous spree in the city of Liege, killing four people before turning a gun on himself, had a long criminal record and seemed fearful of returning to jail.

The Belgian city of Liege was left asking itself “why?” today in the wake of the random Christmas market gun and grenade attack that left three dead.

The gunman who killed three people in the Liege city centre attack also murdered his cleaner before setting out on the massacre.

Local prosecutor Daniele Reynders said this morning that Liege gunman Nordine Amrani died in yesterday’s attack in an apparent suicide, and he was found with a number of grenades still on him.