Died – 5\/29\/18 <\/p>\n
Police dog dies as axe-wielding man shrieking \u2018Allahu Akbar\u2019 attacks armed officers who shoot him to the ground<\/p>\n
Dutch police have shot a man who was shouting \u2018Allahu Akbar\u2019 as he tried to attack them with an axe. The 26-year-old man was heard screaming the Arabic for ‘God is greatest’ while waving the weapon and fatally wounded a police dog.Police entered his apartment and were attacked this afternoon. During the fighting, officers reportedly tried unsuccessfully to Taser the man, who stabbed a police dog. The man has been taken to hospital in critical condition but he is now stable. Pictures from the scene showed his covered body being loaded onto a stretcher as officers sent him to hospital. Mayor Cor Lamers said the man was of a Syrian background and ‘was known to different aid agencies’. The police dog was pictured shortly after the accident getting into a force vehicle and officers said on social media it was fine. But shortly after they announced it had died as a result of its injuries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Died – 5\/29\/18 Police dog dies as axe-wielding man shrieking \u2018Allahu Akbar\u2019 attacks armed officers who shoot him to the ground Dutch police have shot a man who was shouting \u2018Allahu Akbar\u2019 as he tried to attack them with an axe. The 26-year-old man was heard screaming the Arabic for ‘God is greatest’ while waving …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5205,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[111],"class_list":["post-5203","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-k9memorial","tag-netherlands"],"yoast_head":"\n