(NL Times) It is not yet clear whether the fatal stabbing at the Erasmus Bridge in Rotterdam last week was an act of terrorism, Mayor Ahmed Aboutaleb said during his last city council meeting as mayor. Many questions still need to be answered by the investigation, the mayor said, NOS reports. The Public Prosecution Service (OM) is investigating suspect Ayoub M. for terrorism.
On September 19, M. allegedly attacked two men with knives at the Erasmus Bridge in Rotterdam. He killed Phillip Winter, a 32-year-old German urban planner who moved from Hamburg to Rotterdam earlier this year, and wounded a 33-year-old Swiss man. Witnesses said the man shouted “Allahu akbar,” a phrase meaning “God is most great” used by Muslims in prayers, during the attack.
