A 22-year-old man from Helmond who was stabbed in Rotterdam on Wednesday, died of his injuries in hospital. A 19-year-old suspect from Spijkenisse has been arrested.
The Helmonder was stabbed in the center of Rotterdam, on the Korte Lijnbaan. That happened around one o’clock in the afternoon. The victim was resuscitated on the street and rushed to hospital. He died of his injuries there on Wednesday evening.
It is not yet clear why the man was stabbed. Several people saw it happen. Witnesses tell RTV Rijnmond that section before the stabbing, a group of young people were standing at McDonald’s, some of them wearing balaclavas. When an argument broke out within the group, one of them pulled out a knife. Another witness saw how the victim was first beaten and then stabbed several times in the stomach.
The victim is said to have fled into McDonald’s. The perpetrator ran away, but was arrested shortly afterwards in the vicinity of the Lijnbaan.