Dutch police officers pointing their guns at a wounded 19-year-old man who was shot by police after stabbing two people in the central railway station in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, on Friday. The suspect in the case said on Monday he was motivated by insults to Islam, according to prosecutors. Photo: AP Dutch police officers pointing their guns at a wounded 19-year-old man who was shot by police after stabbing two people in the central railway station in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, on Friday. The suspect in the case said on Monday he was motivated by insults to Islam, according to prosecutors. Photo: AP
Dutch police officers pointing their guns at a wounded 19-year-old man who was shot by police after stabbing two people in the central railway station in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, on Friday. The suspect in the case said on Monday he was motivated by insults to Islam, according to prosecutors. Photo: AP
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‘Insults to Islam’ motivated Amsterdam railway station attacker

Teenaged Afghan suspect had a ‘terrorist motive’ and in court he mentioned anti-Islam Dutch MP Geert Wilders

Topic |   Islamic militancy
Agence France-Presse
Agence France-Presse

Updated: 4:08am, 4 Sep, 2018

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Dutch police officers pointing their guns at a wounded 19-year-old man who was shot by police after stabbing two people in the central railway station in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, on Friday. The suspect in the case said on Monday he was motivated by insults to Islam, according to prosecutors. Photo: AP Dutch police officers pointing their guns at a wounded 19-year-old man who was shot by police after stabbing two people in the central railway station in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, on Friday. The suspect in the case said on Monday he was motivated by insults to Islam, according to prosecutors. Photo: AP
Dutch police officers pointing their guns at a wounded 19-year-old man who was shot by police after stabbing two people in the central railway station in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, on Friday. The suspect in the case said on Monday he was motivated by insults to Islam, according to prosecutors. Photo: AP
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