A knife-wielding assailant stabbed and killed a man in the Dutch port city of Rotterdam on Thursday night before he was overpowered by police and bystanders, police said.
Civilians takedown stabbing suspect
“The suspect was overpowered and arrested by bystanders and police officers”, a police statement said.
De Telegraaf newspaper reported that a personal trainer who had been giving an outdoor class knocked the suspect unconscious with a squat stick that he had broken in two, and other bystanders threw chairs at him.
Both the surviving victim, a 33-year-old Swiss national, and the suspect were taken to hospital for treatment.
Witnesses described the suspect as carrying two large knives and targeting random individuals.
