Amsterdam stabbing suspect from former Ukrainian region police

RT.com
29 Mar 2025, 16:09 GMT+10

A man who injured five people with knives came from Donetsk Region, Dutch media have said citing security sources

Dutch police have revealed the identity of the suspect who seriously injured five people with knives in Amsterdam. Local media reported on Friday, citing security sources, that the suspect is 30-year-old Roman D., originally from Donetsk Region - a former part of Ukraine that voted to join Russia in 2022.

On Thursday, five people were stabbed in the Dutch capital, when a man armed with several knives attacked passers-by in the historic city center. The suspect was stopped by an unnamed tourist, reportedly from the UK, who chased the man and restrained him.

According to De Telegraaf, the presumed attacker had false identity papers and refused to give his real personal details. The man is currently in a hospital under strict guard. Police say his motives are still unknown. It is also believed that his choice of victims was random.

Two Americans - a 67-year-old woman and a 69-year-old man, a 26-year-old man with Polish nationality, a 73-year-old woman from Belgium and a 19-year-old local girl were injured in the attack.

The tourist who managed to stop the suspect was praised by local police and officials, who called him "a true hero". However, they did not reveal his identity and called on the public to exercise caution in making a citizen's arrest, as "most people are not trained for this sort of thing."

(RT.com)

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