There was a knife attack in Rotterdam. One person was killed. According to witnesses, the perpetrator shouted “Allahu Akbar”.
Rotterdam – On Thursday evening (September 19th) there was a knife attack in the city of Rotterdam. During the attack, the suspected perpetrator attacked people under the Erasmus Bridge directly next to the Remastered Museum with two large knives. The police arrived at the scene in large numbers.
Knife attack in Rotterdam: Attacker kills one person – he is said to have shouted “Allahu Akbar”
According to media reports, the suspected attacker killed one person and injured another. NOS According to the perpetrator, who, according to witnesses, shouted “Allahu Akbar” (in English: God is great) during the attack, was also injured, arrested by security forces and then taken to hospital. Some Islamist extremists use the expression as a battle cry. In doing so, they are effectively hijacking the central religious formula of Islam, which has been used by Muslims around the world for centuries. According to police spokesman Wessel Stolle, there is still no indication of a motive and all scenarios are being investigated. The police also heard the man’s shouts and they are “part of the investigation”.
Opposite The Telegraph Witnesses said that the perpetrator gave the impression that he wanted to cause many victims. He is said to have stabbed people indiscriminately with the two knives he was carrying. NOSa 32-year-old personal trainer who was giving a course on site, was said to have managed to overpower the man before the police arrived. He said he saw the man attacking people with knives and managed to take the knives away from the perpetrator.
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According to the police, the situation escalated in a nearby parking garage. One person was seriously injured there. The suspect then went to the square in front of the museum and killed another person. “There was then a commotion on the terrace of the Gorgeous bar-restaurant. The man was then overpowered by bystanders near the Remastered Museum. He was also taken to hospital with injuries,” the police quoted. The Telegraph a police spokesman.
On Thursday evening, Bayer Leverkusen’s Champions League match against Feyenoord Rotterdam also took place in Rotterdam. It was not initially known whether football fans were also affected by the attack.
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