(NL Times) The trial against Ayoub M. from Amersfoort, the man suspected of a fatal knife attack at [Erasmus] Bridge in Rotterdam in September last year, starts in the high-security courtroom at Schiphol Airport on Monday. The now 23-year-old man is facing charges of murder, attempted murder, and threats with a terrorist motive.
M. attacked and stabbed two random people at the Erasmus Bridge on September 19, 2024. A 32-year-old man from Germany was killed, and a 33-year-old man from Switzerland was seriously injured. According to witnesses, M. shouted “Allahu akbar,” which means God is great in Arabic, multiple times during the attack.
M. does not deny committing the attacks, but says he did so in a psychotic, not radicalized, state.
