Thursday 08 October 2020

American suspected of station axe murder

A 41-year-old American, arrested for murdering a 22-year-old student with an axe on Roosendaal station this weekend, wanted to attack a commando from the nearby barracks, local newspaper BN/De Stem reports.


The paper says the suspect, who used to work for the US military, committed the crime in protest at Dutch support for the Iraq war.
More on this story from AP

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