OM: The police used a firearm legally during his arrest, Malek F.

Officers who used their firearms during the arrest of Malek F., who stabbed three people in The Hague in early May, acted lawfully according to the Crown. The police action was in accordance with official instructions, reported the OM after an investigation by the National Criminal Investigations Department.

OM assumes that F. was motivated by a terrorist motive. On May 5, the 32-year-old Syrian stabbed three passersby in the vicinity of Hollands Spoor train station in Den Haag. The carotid artery was affected by one of the victims. At the time of F.'s arrest, three officers fired nine times, including two warning leaves and seven shots

See also: OM: knife-knife, The Hague had a motive terrorist warnings F. refused to drop the knife. The agents had reason to fear for their lives, concludes OM. Then two cops shot him in the legs simultaneously. After that, while F.'s attitude remained threatening, the police shot him again on the legs. Subsequently, the special unit received and arrested the suspect with a Taser gun.

It remains to be determined whether the court agrees with the Crown. In October, there was already a pro forma session, the background of the prosecution began in January. The process takes place in the extra-secure Schiphol court. F. remains in detention at Vught Penitentiary in the Department of Terrorism. According to F. 's lawyer, the defendant was suffering from psychological problems and there was no question of a terrorist crime.