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Amsterdam stabbing suspect had 'terrorist' motive, officials say

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Amsterdam stabbing suspect had 'terrorist' motive, officials say

 

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FILE PHOTO: View of Central train station of Amsterdam, Netherlands, December 1, 2017. REUTERS/Yves Herman/File Photo

 

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - An Afghan man shot by police at Amsterdam's central station on Friday after stabbing two American tourists had a "terrorist" motive, city officials said on Saturday.

 

The suspect, who was identified as a 19-year-old Afghan with a German residence permit, was questioned on Saturday in hospital where he was being treated for gunshot wounds to his lower body.

 

"First statements made by the suspect indicate he had a terrorist motive," Amsterdam city council said in a statement.

 

German police searched the man's house at the request of their Dutch colleagues and seized several data carriers, the authorities said.

 

The suspect, who is being held in solitary confinement, will be brought before a judge on Monday to decide whether he should remain in custody.

 

The two people injured in the incident were U.S. citizens, the U.S. ambassador to the Netherlands said in a statement on Saturday.

 

Ambassador Pete Hoekstra said the pair were tourists visiting the city. They remained in hospital on Saturday with serious injuries, local police said.

 

Earlier this week, Dutch police arrested a 26-year-old man suspected of threatening to attack far-right politician Geert Wilders over his plan to hold a contest of cartoons depicting Islam's Prophet Mohammad.

 

Wilders on Thursday cancelled the contest citing security risks, as thousands of people in Pakistan marched in protest of his plan, while the Taliban in Afghanistan called for attacks on Dutch troops serving in the country.

 

The National Coordinator for Counter-terrorism and Security Policy said the national threat level in the Netherlands was unchanged at "substantial", or one notch below the highest.

 

Since attacks by Islamist radicals in France, Belgium, Britain and Germany, the Netherlands has been considered a target, because it supports U.S.-led military operations against Islamic State in the Middle East.

 

The last major attack in the Netherlands was the killing by a Muslim radical of Theo van Gogh, the outspoken film maker and great-grandnephew of the famous painter, in 2004.

 

 
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3 hours ago, rooster59 said:

statements made by the suspect indicate he had a terrorist motive," Amsterdam city council said

at least they are telling the truth

another one - same background as usual, Merkel really should be forced to get rid of them, she is the gravedigger to European culture and freedom

Edited by sweatalot

Different as in the USA, where police shoots to kill, in Amsterdam the police shoots to arrest.

germany with a new product exporter of islam terrorism as the country becomes a well-being zone for islamistic terror mind cells.

 

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roobaa01

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The Dutch are used to these shenanigans; I remember, oh 30 years ago, I was on holiday in Amsterdam with my then SO, and two N.Africans got into a knife fight. Wow! You couldn't spit before an undercover cop was on their back with his gun out. 

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