This conforms with a longstanding call from ISIS. The Islamic State issued this call in September 2014:
So O muwahhid, do not let this battle pass you by wherever you may be. You must strike the soldiers, patrons, and troops of the tawaghit. Strike their police, security, and intelligence members, as well as their treacherous agents. Destroy their beds. Embitter their lives for them and busy them with themselves. If you can kill a disbelieving American or European — especially the spiteful and filthy French — or an Australian, or a Canadian, or any other disbeliever from the disbelievers waging war, including the citizens of the countries that entered into a coalition against the Islamic State, then rely upon Allah, and kill him in any manner or way however it may be….If you are not able to find an IED or a bullet, then single out the disbelieving American, Frenchman, or any of their allies. Smash his head with a rock, or slaughter him with a knife, or run him over with your car, or throw him down from a high place, or choke him, or poison him….
An update on this story. “American tourists stabbed in Amsterdam were targeted by Afghan man with a ‘terrorist motive’: officials,” by Paulina Dedaj, Fox News, September 1, 2018:
Two Americans who were stabbed Friday night at a train station in Amsterdam were targeted by an Afghan citizen who had a “terrorist motive,” officials say.
City authorities said the 19-year-old suspect, identified only as Jawed S., appeared to target the American tourists in a stabbing attack at Central Station just after noon on Friday.
“Based on the suspect’s first statements, he had a terrorist motive,” the city administration said in a statement on Saturday. They did not elaborate on what the statements were or in what ways they might have shown intent….
The victims were identified only as American citizens by the U.S. ambassador to the Netherlands; police said they were recovering in a hospital with injuries that were considered serious but not life-threatening.
The suspect, who had a residency permit from Germany, was stopped by Dutch police officers when he was shot and wounded….
Westman says
Schengen – the unfettered road of Islamic terrorism in the EU.
MARTEL SOBIESKI says
Shot and WOUNDED? Pity.
infidel says
The gifts of MAD MAAMA MERKEL to her once great nation as well as other denizens of the free world
James Lincoln says
American tourists targeted. As these targeted terrorist attacks become more frequent in Western Europe, tourism dollars will drop precipitously.
My next vacation will be somewhere in central Europe: Visegrad V4 countries Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic, and Slovakia. They are beautiful countries where you can still enjoy old Europe without fear of Islamic terrorist attacks.
These four countries will also become, by far, the preferred tourist destinations in all of Europe.
Western Europe is rapidly losing its way.
Phil Copson says
“…As these targeted terrorist attacks become more frequent in Western Europe, tourism dollars will drop precipitously….”
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So they’ll do even more deals with Iran, Saudi, Qatar etc – which they’ll get on condition that they accept even more muslim migrants and mosque/madrassa funding, which in turn will depress their economies even more, so back they’ll go – cap-in-hand – to beg for yet another arms deal etc…
It’s amazingly simple – in any society, at any time – “the man who pays the piper calls the tune” – and Western Europe is dancing to the tune of the oil-rich OIC.
Anne Smith says
Our useless Prime Minister May has recently shown that she is happy to dance to anyone’s tune.
Rufolino says
Already has.
John from holland says
There are far more people killed in US by islamic terrorist then in western Europe, (in holland just 1)
lebel says
Strange that the Media/elites who are protecting Islam and will go to any length to lie to us about the Islamic threat have let this one get through the censors.
strange, why did they not say he was crazy? why not change his name to a Christian name?
Jolokia says
By some inexplicable coincidence, I was right there on location when this incident happened.
My train to the town of Den Helder was scheduled to depart from platform 8a at 12:09 PM.
Before I could use my brand new digital ticket / boarding pass for the first time however, it had to be “activated”. As someone who admits to being “smartphone and modern gadgets challenged” I have no idea what “activating” this bank card looking thing entails much less how I should do it. This is the reason I went to the info desk and request assistance..The lady behind the counter said “Oh, your card is already activated, you’ve got plenty of credit, you can use it to board your train. It’s all good.” All of this took maybe 45 seconds. Then I used my now-activated card to magically Sesame open the electronic gates and get access to one of the halls (not the main hall) leading to the various train platforms.
Literally as soon as I passed the electronic gate I see this mob of 100+ people rushing towards me, running as fast as they could. they are rushing through the electronic gate in the OPPOSITE direction. And instantly I get this gut feeling : something isn’t right. It just didn’t add up. These people are not running because they are late for their train. They are running away from the platforms. Away from something. Danger. People young and old alike, but nobody was screaming or yelling or being hysterical;. Everyone was silent. But I could sense this panic in the air. Then maybe 40 meters away from me I could see police officers wearing yellow Hi-Visibility jackets, weapons drawn, pointing at someone on the ground. Yelling (both in Dutch and in English) to “stay down, don’t move ! Stay DOWN !” I did not see any of the bloodied victims, but by now the stores did lock their doors.
This is 10 mins before the police sealed off the perimeter with “crime scene, do not enter” tape and the forensic teams arrived. Then nobody was allowed to go past that.
I also had to wait for about 6 hours until I could finally board a train to another station before I could get on my way.
It would seem that the Dutch MSM is kind of downplaying the situation with the usual “mentally disturbed person, lone wolf, it’s too soon to draw any conclusions, we don’t know yet” blah blah, peppered with interviews with locals who say all kinds of fatalistic, laissez faire stuff like “when it happens, it happens”, and “we can’t do anything to stop these crazy people”. Etc.
WPM says
The two news sources sited here on Jihad watch are an earlier article by Robert Spencer here on Jihad watch and Fox news ,two news sources that BBC,CNN, and the other larger news network say are not really “main stream media”. The Netherlands government says the man will be arraign later on what charges “they are not sure” .Will they arraign him on terrorist charges or even attempt murder charges that has yet to be seen. So we will see if the Netherlands will start calling it a mental ill person ,no connection to terrorist at the arraignment. The other from the MSM will state the spin as information is formed that this youth (19 year old man) was plague by mental angst of {name one or many}unemployment, drug use, family separation ,homelessness , not really a practicing Moslem. The story is young yet. Like the story at the New Mexico compound no one their is yet charged with promoting terrorist action{even training there boys to become school shoots is not really a terrorist action) ,even murder charges have not been served even with a boy beating to death and buried in a shallow grave.
Investigate Gov Corruption Now says
Must be Trump’s fault, again.
Jolokia says
And as expected, the mainstream media peddles the “well, not that big a deal, it could happen anywhere, you knew it was going to happen someday, but life goes on” narrative. This kind of propaganda is nothing short of a deliberate attempt to “normalize” jihadist / islamist attacks. “Oh, just attempted mass murder is all. No big deal. Nothing to do with islam. Happens all the time. It’s dangerous everywhere.” We’re supposed to accept such incidents as “something that simply goes with living in a big city.”
Source : “quality paper” De Volkskrant :
https://www.volkskrant.nl/nieuws-achtergrond/op-amsterdam-centraal-herinnert-niets-meer-aan-de-steekpartij-gevaarlijk-dat-is-het-overal-~b1385b70/
Thank goodness this knife wielding loon was stopped in time by cops responding almost instantly.
But one determined assailant with a butcher knife can do a LOT of damage in a crowded space with unsuspecting passengers in minutes.
Jolokia says
UPDATE :
During his interrogation, suspect Jawed S. mentions Geert Wilders’ “offending the prophet” and admits to have traveled to the Netherlands deliberately with the specific aim or goal in mind to commit an act of terror. he suspect claims his incentive is that “The Netherlands have offended the prophet, islam, the qu’ran and allah so very often”.
Boy, that’s some nerve.
Source :
https://www.telegraaf.nl/nieuws/2513415/cs-steker-noemt-wilders-en-islambelediging-in-verhoor
Carol the 1st says
Let’s just say they’re “sick in the head”. The term “mental illness” lends a dignity they don’t deserve.