A 19-year-old Afghan man who was shot and wounded by Dutch police after allegedly attacking bystanders at Amsterdam’s Central Station will briefly appear in court tomorrow, police say.
The suspect, identified by authorities as “Jawed S.,” “will appear before a judge and until then no further details will be released,” the Amsterdam police say in a statement.
Two American citizens — both believed to be male — were seriously injured when a knife-wielding man attacked bystanders around noon on Friday at the busy station next to the Dutch capital’s historic city centre.
Police quickly reacted and shot the man in the lower body. He and the two injured bystanders were taken to hospital. There was no update on the victims’ condition, which police yesterday described as “satisfactory”.
Amsterdam municipality said yesterday that based on the suspect’s first statements, “he had a terrorist motive.” The statement didn’t elaborate on what he said.
Jawed S. has a German residency permit and German police raided his apartment yesterday.
— Agencies
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