Dutch police seek witnesses to deadly Rotterdam stabbing as suspect taken into custody

Police say witnesses claim the alleged killer shouted "Allahu akbar" as he lashed out with a blade.

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00:00A stabbing incident took place in Willemsplein, Rotterdam, leaving one person dead and a second

00:05person wounded.

00:06Witnesses told the police that the suspect shouted Allahu Akbar who is now arrested and

00:11also taken to hospital due to his injuries.

00:14The perpetrator injured his first victim in the parking garage under the Erasmus bridge

00:18and then walked upstairs to stab another person.

00:21The suspect shouted Allahu Akbar, is this true?

00:26Witnesses have indeed explained that.

00:28We will of course take that into our investigation.

00:33Behind me is a catering facility.

00:37There were a lot of people on the terrace at the time this happened.

00:41Those people followed him.

00:44The police were also there at the time and together they were able to take over.

00:49It is still too early to draw conclusions.

00:54We will of course hear the suspect and then we will get a better picture of what happened

01:00here tonight.

01:03According to eyewitnesses, the man had two large knives and clearly intended to harm

01:07many people.

01:08The identity of the people involved has not yet been announced.