Brussels - Rotterdam: Europe and the Arabs
Three people were killed in the shooting that took place yesterday, Thursday, a 39-year-old woman and her 14-year-old daughter, in the center of the Dutch city of Rotterdam. Shortly thereafter, a 43-year-old university teacher was killed inside the Erasmus University Center in the same city, approximately more than a kilometer away from the shooting site. According to This is what some European media have become accustomed to during previous years, especially since the perpetrator of the incident was immediately arrested and it became clear that he was a Dutch person and not of foreign origin. According to what was reported by the media in The Hague and Brussels, the perpetrator of the attack was no stranger to the law. Judicial authorities had previously warned of his actions. In an email sent earlier this year, the Public Prosecution had already warned Erasmus Hospital about the 32-year-old man about to obtain his certificate as a primary physician, but according to the law, the Public Prosecution must The university shares serious doubts. Therefore, I have included the times the medical student contacted the law and the police. The first incident dates back to June 2018, when the same man had previously used a bow and arrows while pretending to be fishing. "He liked this. Since, according to him, fish have no feelings, he didn't see any problem," the email said. Then the man was removed from the place with a warning.
But in 2021, another incident occurred, this time involving rabbits. “The person in question is abusing rabbits in his garden. Witnesses made video recordings of this. He catches the rabbits and throws them against a tree. He kicks them and throws bricks at them. The person in question also shoots a pigeon with a bow and arrows and punctures it. The animals were confiscated and he was punished with 40 hours of service.” Society for mistreating the rabbit. The neighbor who died yesterday, Thursday, was the one who called the police at that time. The Public Prosecution also provided, in the email previously sent to the mosque, other information about the man’s house: “The house is in an unfit condition for living, and there are animal waste everywhere in The house was unhygienically dirty. Witnesses stated that the person in question was exhibiting disturbing behavior. Among these behaviors, he was lying half-naked in the garden on a pile of leaves and screaming at the house and garden. Eyewitnesses stated that the person in question was exhibiting strange behavior and laughing loudly and screaming. According to the Public Prosecution, the attacker’s mobile phone was stolen. It was seized and examined. They found video footage showing people being stabbed to death. It also contains images related to Nazism and the extreme right. Last year there was another incident with an animal This time, his dog. According to witnesses - who filmed the whole thing - he kicked his dog. He would pick it up and throw it in the garden. The dog was brought to a safe place, and during questioning, the man said that he suffered from alcoholism, as well as Asperger's syndrome.
The Public Prosecution’s letter to the university stated: “We hope that this information contributes to your decision regarding whether the person in question is eligible to obtain a basic medical diploma or not.”
The beginning of Thursday's incident was a shooting in a house in the heart of Rotterdam. Around 2:30 p.m. Two people were shot by a gunman. One victim was resuscitated by emergency services at the scene. A fire was also started in a nearby house using a Molotov cocktail, but it was quickly brought under control. The suspect then moved to Erasmus Hospital, which is about one and a half kilometers away. A teacher was shot there in a classroom at the Erasmus Medical Centre. After that, the suspect also set a fire there. The room quickly caught fire and the flames spread further. At first there were three wounded and their condition was serious. But now there are three dead.