During the knife attack in the Netherlands with one fatality, a terrorist background suspectedThe 22-year-old arrested man is suspected of “murder and attempted murder with a terrorist motive,” the public prosecutor’s office said.
According to police, the man attacked passers-by with a knife in the port city of Rotterdam on Thursday evening. One person was killed and another seriously injured in the incident been.
According to preliminary investigations, the public prosecutor’s office believes that the crime “possibly ideologically motivated”The suspect shouted “Allahu Akbar” several times. However, the public prosecutor stressed that also examined other motives would.
The suspected perpetrator comes from Amersfoort, about 80 kilometers east of Rotterdam. He is convicted of violent crimesthe public prosecutor’s office said. The fatality was a 32-year-old man. A 33-year-old from Switzerland was seriously injured. According to the public prosecutor’s office, he has since been released from hospital.
Some Islamist extremists use the expression “Allahu Akbar” (God is great) like a battle cryIn doing so, they are essentially hijacking the central religious formula of Islam, which has been used by Muslims around the world for centuries.
The incident occurred late in the evening near the Erasmus Bridge in City center. According to witnesses, a 32-year-old fitness trainer overpowered and disarmed the man. He stated that the attacker had two long knives with him. (dpa)
