(NL Times) Jawed S., a 20-year-old man who stabbed two American tourists at Amsterdam Central Station last year, was sentenced to 26 years in prison by the court in Amsterdam on Monday. He was convicted [of] two counts of attempted murder with terrorist intent, and three counts of threatening a police officer, NOS reports. The sentence is one year higher than what the public prosecutor demanded.
The court also ordered S., a man from Afghanistan who applied for asylum in Germany, to pay over 2 million euros in damages to his victims.
On August 31st last year, S. stabbed two American tourists in Amsterdam Central Station, attacking them from behind. One was stabbed in the back. He sustained a spinal cord injury and is now confined to a wheel chair. The other was stabbed in the arm and torso and only barely survived the attack, after undergoing emergency surgery. He sustained severe nerve damage to his arm.
