Dutch police appealed for witnesses Friday as they investigated a stabbing in which one man was killed and another seriously wounded in the port city of Rotterdam.
A suspect was arrested after being overpowered Thursday night by members of the public and police. There was no immediate word on the motive for the attack, but police said Thursday night that witnesses reported the attacker shouting "Allahu akbar," the Arabic phrase meaning God is great.
"It's part of the investigation," police spokesman Wessel Stolle said Wednesday night.
A 32-year-old man from Rotterdam was killed and a 33-year-old man from Switzerland was seriously wounded in the stabbing near the landmark Erasmus Bridge, police said in a statement. The suspect is a 22-year-old man from the central Dutch city of Amersfoort who reportedly attacked his victims with two large knives.
Police didn't release the identities of the suspect or the victims of the stabbing, in line with Dutch privacy guidelines.
