(NL Times) A 23-year-old man who killed a German man and injured another in a stabbing attack at Rotterdam’s Erasmus Bridge on September 19, 2024, will receive treatment under forced psychiatric supervision (TBS with involuntary care), the court ruled Friday, concluding that his actions cannot be criminally punished due to severe mental illness.
The man, from Amersfoort, traveled to Rotterdam that evening, purchased two large kitchen knives, and attacked a 32-year-old German man who was skating at the foot of the Erasmus Bridge. He then chased others, making stabbing motions with the knives, and fatally wounded no one else. A 33-year-old Swiss man was seriously injured at Remastered, a digital art museum, before bystanders subdued the suspect. Witnesses, including kickboxing trainer David Litecia, threw chairs and intervened to stop him.
During the attack, the suspect repeatedly shouted “Allahu akbar.”
