AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – A stabbing on Thursday night within the Dutch metropolis of Rotterdam left one particular person lifeless and injured two others, together with the male suspect who was arrested, police stated.
Witnesses informed Dutch broadcaster NOS that the suspect shouted “Allahu Akbar” in the course of the assault, however police didn’t instantly affirm this and stated they’re persevering with their investigation into the motive behind the assault.
Each the surviving sufferer and the suspect have been taken to hospital for therapy.
Police didn’t disclose the identities of the victims or the suspect.
In accordance with stories in native media, the suspect stabbed his first sufferer in a parking storage beneath Rotterdam’s Erasmus bridge earlier than transferring to the road degree, the place he fatally attacked one other particular person.
Eyewitnesses described the suspect as carrying two massive knives and focusing on random people.
