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Tuesday, 27 January 2015 12:11

Vicious Attack Rattles the Groninger Museum

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Police in the Dutch city of Groningen shot and killed a man on Sunday who had threatened and tried to stab pedestrians with two large meat cleavers outside an art museum, AFP reports. According to police spokesman Ernest Zinsmeyer, the shooting took place around 5:30 pm outside of the city's Groninger Museum.

Officers chased the perpetrator after he fled the scene upon their arrival. When the man failed to respond to instructions to stop and didn't react to a warning shot, police shot him as he jumped into a nearby canal. Police say he may also have injured himself in the fall with the knives he was carrying.

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