Police say witnesses claim the alleged killer shouted "Allahu akbar" as he lashed out with a blade.
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00:00A stabbing incident took place in Willemsplein, Rotterdam, leaving one person dead and a second
00:05person wounded.
00:06Witnesses told the police that the suspect shouted Allahu Akbar who is now arrested and
00:11also taken to hospital due to his injuries.
00:14The perpetrator injured his first victim in the parking garage under the Erasmus bridge
00:18and then walked upstairs to stab another person.
00:21The suspect shouted Allahu Akbar, is this true?
00:26Witnesses have indeed explained that.
00:28We will of course take that into our investigation.
00:33Behind me is a catering facility.
00:37There were a lot of people on the terrace at the time this happened.
00:41Those people followed him.
00:44The police were also there at the time and together they were able to take over.
00:49It is still too early to draw conclusions.
00:54We will of course hear the suspect and then we will get a better picture of what happened
01:00here tonight.
01:03According to eyewitnesses, the man had two large knives and clearly intended to harm
01:07many people.
01:08The identity of the people involved has not yet been announced.