Diagnosis mental illness. Nothing to do with Islam.

Dutch police have shot a man who was shouting ‘Allahu Akbar’ as he tried to attack them with an axe.

The 26-year-old man was heard screaming the Arabic for ‘Allah is greatest’ while waving the weapon and fatally wounded a police dog.

According to Netherlands news site NU, police entered his apartment after reports of a disturbance on Wednesday afternoon.

During the fighting, officers reportedly tried unsuccessfully to taser the man, who stabbed a police dog.

Sadly the dog didn’t make it.

The police dog that was deployed on Wednesday at the arrest of the armed man from Syria in Schiedam has passed away. The municipality of Schiedam has announced this on Wednesday evening.

“When the dog was transferred to the vet, it went very bad,” said the police earlier in the day. The animal was seriously injured in the arrest in a porch house at the Van den Tempelstraat in Schiedam.

The man stood on the street and on the balcony waving an ax and called Allahu Akbar

But it’s mental illness.

Schiedam Mayor: ‘Man with hatchet probably had psychosis’

Probably.

The man called out ‘Allahu akbar’ reports the police. But according to Lamers, there were no terrorist motives. The 26-year-old Syrian has lived with his father in Schiedam since 2015. He was “ somewhat familiar ” to aid agencies, but not because of major psychological problems, says the mayor.

“On the contrary. That is why we did not see this escalation coming, “says Lamers against RTV Rijnmond . ” If it is someone who is really confused and has big psychological problems.”

It’s the Netherlands that has the big problem.