Netherlands: ‘Psychotic’ meat cleaver Islamist accused of fatal Rotterdam attack should not be spared jail on mental health grounds, experts tell court

Terror suspect Ayoub M., 23, who carried out a deadly stabbing spree at Rotterdam’s Erasmus Bridge last year, should be sentenced to prison and compulsory psychiatric treatment, experts have told a Dutch court. They say there is a strong connection between his jihadist and extremist motives and his severe psychosis, and while he may have … Continue reading Netherlands: ‘Psychotic’ meat cleaver Islamist accused of fatal Rotterdam attack should not be spared jail on mental health grounds, experts tell court