the funeral procession for Cyril Vangriecken one of the three victims of a shooting the week before that prosecutors are treating as a terrorist attack Brussels: Police from across Belgium will pay tribute on Tuesday to two female officers killed in a shooting claimed by the Islamic State group in Liege last week Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel will attend the funerals for Lucile Garcia who were posthumously awarded Belgium's highest civilian decoration "Beyond Liege there is a whole integrated police force that is bruised No words are sufficient enough to describe the emotion of all our colleagues," the Liege police force said had recently become a grandmother while Belkacemi several hundred people turned out for the funeral of attacker Benjamin Herman's third victim Friends and family of the 22-year-old walked behind the hearse dressed in white through the streets of Vottem near Liege ahead of the funeral The funerals follow Sunday's procession of nearly 3,000 people who marched to the scene of the attack and laid white roses in memory of the three victims repeatedly stabbing Garcia and Belkacemi with a knife before taking their service pistols and shooting them He then killed Vangriecken who sat in the passenger seat of a parked car The attacker went on to hole up in a nearby school briefly taking a cleaner hostage before bursting out to confront police and being killed in a hail of bullets Belgian police who are treating the murders as a terrorist attack have identified Herman as a drifter who spent a decade in and out of prison for acts of violence and petty crimes The Islamic State group claimed one of its "soldiers" was responsible for the latest attack IS said "he led the attack in response to calls to target the countries of the US-led international coalition," which is fighting the jihadist group Prosecutors confirmed that Herman's method of assault was a known "modus operandi" of IS which also claimed deadly attacks in Brussels in 2016 Amateur footage obtained by AFP showed the gunman shouting "Allahu akbar" (Arabic for "God is greatest") as he walked through the streets during the rampage Action group “Getting the Voice Out” says inmates at Caricole transit centre in Steenokkerzeel (Flemish Brabant) have launched a series of protests following several incidents involving what they say was police violence The group claims detainees are refusing to eat are not taking part in activities and are giving a hand of applause to fellow inmates People without the necessary legal documents to stay in Belgium are detained at Caricole What the detainees call “the heavy-handed treatment” of a detainee According to activists at “Getting the Voice Out” police officers cuffed the woman’s hands and feet In response she then started shouting: “After this attempt at removal the woman returned to the centre with a broken hand and holes in her shoes” According to “Getting the Voice Out” it’s not only police violence that is an issue The inmates are not receiving legal and medical support either The centre is equipped with nursing staff but the detainees claim that’s not sufficient There are more complaints: lawyers are quickly allotted to inmates but it's argued that the lawyers don’t have sufficient time to provide adequate support “Lawyers say they don’t have the time to organise appeals and refuse to initiate the procedure They are only there to complete formalities” notes “Getting the Voice Out” The Belgian immigration department has responded to the allegations made by “Getting The Voice Out” It says its officials conducted two rounds of checks at the centre and noticed nothing of the protests It says the complaints cited by action group “Getting The Voice Out” including violence and poor medical assistance are unfounded It claims the incident that triggered the protest was “somewhat exaggerated" there is no question of a broken hand" says immigration spokesperson Paulien Blondeel "The woman in question has meanwhile been deported to her country of origin." Belgium boasts six closed removal centres: the Caricole transit centre and the 127bis repatriation centre at Steenokkerzeel near Brussels Airport as well as centres in Bruges