Two women, aged approximately 20 and 40, were stabbed to death on Tuesday morning at the Ismaelita Center on Avenida Luciada in Lisbon. A teacher from the Ismaelita Center was stabbed in the neck with serious injuries and went to the Santa Maria hospital on his own.
This was reported by a source in the PSP. cm that the aggressor was wounded in the legs by shots fired by agents of the Rapid Reaction Group of the 3rd PSP Division in Lisbon. The assailant had already threatened people in the centre, including the women who died on Tuesday.
Ismaili leader Narzim Ahmad confirmed in a SIC statement that two Portuguese women had died.
Police found a “big” knife in the possession of the assailant, according to the PSP. Having received the order to stop the attack, the man moved towards the agents with a knife in his hand. Faced with the threat, “the police effectively used firearms” to neutralize the aggressor.
The PSP says the man has been arrested and is in police custody.
The aggressor of Afghan origin was taken to the hospital in San Jose, his condition will be stabilized.
The situation will not be the result of disagreements or robbery.
The judicial police should be called in to investigate the nature of the situation.
PSP has set up a security perimeter inside and outside Centro Ismaelita. On the spot are the means of the Special Forces of the PSP, namely the Intervention Corps, firefighters and INEM. A team of psychologists was called to the scene at the request of the PSP.
The internal security system and the government are analyzing whether the attack with two dead in the Ismaelita Center is a terrorist attack
This action has already prompted the Homeland Security System, in conjunction with the Department of the Interior and Justice, to assess at this point whether the attack can be qualified as a terrorist attack. The motives of the attacker will be analyzed, the version that this is a person with mental disorders is not ruled out.
The Center expresses its condolences to the victims in a statement
The Ismaili Center said in a statement that the attack took place around 11:30 a.m. when a man armed with a “sharp object” entered the premises of the Ismaili Center in Lisbon “where classes and other activities were taking place.”
“The Ismaili Muslim community is already giving its full support to the families of the victims, to whom it expresses its deepest condolences,” can also be read.
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Author: Miguel Curado
Source: CM Jornal
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