Two dead in attack on Lisbon’s Muslim center This was announced by the Portuguese police. A person, apparently of Afghan nationality, stabbed those present and was blocked. He is now in custody. the victims are two women; Two other people, apparently the center’s caretaker and a professor who taught at the center, were injured and taken to the hospital
The attacker’s target was the Ismaili Center on Avenida Luisada. The police fired several shots and wounded the attacker in the legs: the man had disobeyed the order to surrender and rushed towards the officers. The entire area was cordoned off by the police. The police rule out that the motive is related to an attempted robbery: They are checking whether the matrix is of a terrorist nature.
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