Police officers were forced to shoot down a knife wielding man who terrified shoppers with shouts of 'Allah Akbar.'
The
incident took place on Tuesday afternoon in Spijkenisse, a
commuter-town close to the city of Rotterdam in the west of the
Netherlands.
The
police spotted a local man, 35, close to the central metro station of
Spijkenisse who made wild movements with a butcher's knife.Shoppers and commuters were especially worried by shouts of 'Allah Akbar'.
A police officer was forced to shoot down the man when he came storming towards them with the knife.
According
to a police spokesman, the knife wielding man was still responsive
after he was shot in his leg, and was taken to a hospital.
No other people were injured in the incident.
It is not yet known why the man, a 35-year-old citizen of Spijkenisse, wielded a knife or shouted 'Allah Akbar'.
According to the police, the man looked confused.
The police said a criminal investigation had begun.
Multiple eye-witnesses heard the shouts of 'Allah Akbar', although some who watched the scenes unfold were not impressed.
One eye-witness said: 'About every person on the planet is shouting 'Allah Akbar' nowadays.'
The
man heard from a group of girls that the suspect also dropped his pants
in front of them before making a scene with the butcher's knife.
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