Two women are stabbed to death in a house and a third is injured. On the balcony, a man shoots people with a crossbow. He is supposed to be the culprit. But much is still unclear.
Almelo – Two days after the violent killing of two women in Almelo, the Netherlands, the background to the crime is still unclear. An urgent suspect was arrested.
He is said to have been seriously injured during the arrest, according to media reports. The media reported on Sunday that the 28-year-old was mentally ill.
The man is in the hospital’s intensive care unit and is currently unable to be questioned, reported the newspaper “Tubantia” on Sunday, citing the police. But the man is not in mortal danger. The police had previously announced that shooting had taken place when the man was arrested.
A knife stabbing was reported to the police at around 9 a.m. on Friday morning. When the officers arrived at the building in several cars, they found two dead women in an apartment and another injured woman. The 28-year-old man with a bare torso and a crossbow was standing on the balcony of the multi-storey building. According to the police, he used it to shoot passers-by. It was initially unclear whether he met anyone.
The man is suspected of stabbing the women and injuring the third woman in the city in the east of the country near the German border. The investigation is still ongoing, as the police announced.
The fatalities are a 70-year-old and a 52-year-old woman. According to the media, the third woman is a 33-year-old nurse, so she was able to flee over the balcony. dpa
