THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — One person was killed and another seriously wounded in a stabbing incident late Thursday in the Dutch port city of Rotterdam, police said. Police arrested a suspect who was also injured.
Police spokesman Wessel Stolle said officers were investigating the stabbing near the landmark Erasmus Bridge. Stolle said there was no immediate word on a motive, but “we look into all possible scenarios.”
Dutch daily De Telegraaf, citing witnesses at the scene, reported that a man attacked people at random with two knives while shouting Allahu Akbar, the Arabic phrase meaning God is great.
Stolle said police at the scene also had heard that the man shouted the phrase, and that "it’s part of the investigation.”
A sports instructor, Reniël Renato David Litecia, said he hit the attacker with two sticks after seeing him attack somebody and managed to take the knives and throw them away.
He said he initially thought it was a fight, "but when I started running in that direction I saw that it wasn’t a fight. It was a man with two long knives who was stabbing another young guy and when I started shouting he turned around and started approaching everyone who was around him.”
Another police spokesperson, Kristel Arntz, said the assailant is believed to have attacked one person in an underground parking lot and then a second victim near a busy terrace near one end of the bridge that spans the New Maas river that runs through Rotterdam.
Arntz also said it was too early in the investigation to establish a motive.
“We have arrested a suspect, we are going to question him. We will look at all the witness statements and then we will look at what the possible motive was,” she said.
The identity of the victims and suspect were not immediately clear.
FILE - The Erasmus Bridge towers over the river Maas in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, April 2007. (AP Photo/ Bas Czerwinski, File)
BALTIMORE (AP) — Anthony Santander hit a game-ending two-run homer with two outs in the ninth inning, his 42nd longball of the season, and the Baltimore Orioles moved closer to a postseason berth with a 5-3 victory over the San Francisco Giants on Thursday.
“That's a reminder of who we are,” Santander said of an Orioles team that's nearly assured of a playoff spot but mired in a rough patch. “A close game, and then we stay positive, we stay together.”
Santander’s shot off Ryan Walker (9-4) came after Casey Schmitt tied the game at 3-all with a single off Seranthony Domínguez in the top of the ninth.
The walk-off homer landed a few feet over the front of the grounds crew shed in right-center to end an afternoon that began with Baltimore having lost three in a row and eight of 10. The Orioles moved three games ahead of idle Kansas City for the top AL wild card and pulled within four games of the AL East-leading New York Yankees, who lost at Seattle.
“I was like this: ‘Huff, huff, huff, keep going please,’" Santander said while making a blowing gesture. “I hit it good with the barrel, but too high. I was hopeful that that ball kept going. And thankfully it did."
Gregory Soto (3-5) induced a quick double play in relief of Domínguez to keep the game tied.
Adley Rutschman had an RBI double and Jackson Holliday drove in two runs with a two-out single to complete a three-run fourth for Baltimore. Michael Conforto’s 18th home run gave San Francisco a 2-0 lead in the top half.
“It felt like the guys were doing everything they can to win this game today,” said Orioles manager Brandon Hyde, who recorded his 400th career victory. “Not that they haven't been. But for me, this was a needed win.”
The teams traded zeroes until the ninth, when Dominguez walked the first two batters and Schmitt hit a high-arcing fly ball to right-center.
The diving Austin Slater got his glove to it but couldn’t hold on while colliding with center fielder Cedric Mullins, and pinch-runner Brett Wisely scored from second despite tagging on the play.
“We come back in the ninth and have some good at-bats late in the game like we typically do,” Giants manager Bob Melvin said. “But just fell an at-bat short.”
Mullins received medical attention but remained in the game.
With Gunnar Henderson on first, Santander fell behind 0-2 against Walker but took a ball and fouled off four pitches before connecting on a slider over the middle.
“Don't really try to do too much,” Santander said. “Just to see the ball deep. And thank God I got a slider in the middle of the plate and I put a good swing on it.”
TRAINER’S ROOM
Orioles: LHP Danny Coulombe faced three batters and allowed a hit in his third rehab outing at Triple-A Norfolk on Wednesday. Hyde said the club will make a decision on his status after he goes through pregame activities with Norfolk on Thursday. ... Hyde said he hopes 1B Ryan Mountcastle can begin a rehab assignment with Norfolk sometime this weekend.
UP NEXT
Giants: Rookie RHP Mason Black (0-4, 7.07 ERA) takes his fourth turn since he was recalled from Triple-A Sacramento at the end of August as the Giants play the first of three against the Royals.
Orioles: Ace Corbin Burnes (14-8, 3.06) makes what could be his final regular-season start in Baltimore as the O’s start a three-game set against Detroit to close their home schedule. Burnes will be a free agent this offseason.
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San Francisco Giants' Michael Conforto (8) runs home after hitting a home run during the fourth inning of a baseball game against the Baltimore Orioles, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)
Baltimore Orioles' Gunnar Henderson, right, steals second base ahead of the throw to San Francisco Giants shortstop Tyler Fitzgerald, left, during the first inning of a baseball game, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)
Baltimore Orioles second baseman Jackson Holliday (7) catches a fly ball hit in by San Francisco Giants' Tyler Fitzgerald for an out in the fourth inning of a baseball game, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)
Baltimore Orioles' Gunnar Henderson celebrates after hitting a single during the first inning of a baseball game against the San Francisco Giants, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)
San Francisco Giants' Michael Conforto (8) rounds the bases after hitting a home run during the fourth inning of a baseball game against the Baltimore Orioles, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)
Baltimore Orioles' Adley Rutschman (35) slides into home plate to score ahead of the tag by San Francisco Giants catcher Patrick Bailey (14) during the fourth inning of a baseball game, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)
Baltimore Orioles' Adley Rutschman (35) slides into home plate to score in front of San Francisco Giants catcher Patrick Bailey (14) on a hit by Jackson Holliday during the fourth inning of a baseball game, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)
Baltimore Orioles' Jackson Holliday (7) advances toward first base after hitting a single to score two runs during the fourth inning of a baseball game against the San Francisco Giants, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)
