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Two people were killed and several others were injured in a stabbing at an Islamic centre in the Portuguese capital Lisbon, Portuguese authorities have said.<\/p>\n
Officers were called to the centre just before 11am (10:00 GMT) on Tuesday where they encountered a man \u201carmed with a large knife\u201d, read a police statement.<\/p>\n
The suspect has been taken into custody after he was shot by police because he did not obey warnings to put down his weapon.<\/p>\n
Two female employees, aged 49 and 24, of the Ismaili Centre, located not far from the Benfica Lisbon football stadium, were killed in the attack, according to a report from TV station RTP.<\/p>\n
A police spokesman told the dpa news agency that the deceased had not yet been officially identified and that a \u201cterrorist attack\u201d was suspected, but without ruling out other motives.<\/p>\n
Local media reported that the attacker was a widowed Afghan refugee and a father to three children. Al Jazeera could not independently confirm the identity of the attacker.<\/p>\n
Prime Minister Antonio Costa expressed his condolences and solidarity to the families of the victims and also to the Ismaili community in Portugal on Twitter.<\/p>\n
It is too early to speculate about the motives for this crime, said Costa. \u201cWe have to wait for the results of the investigation,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Later in the day, Interior Minister Jose Luis Carneiro, said that \u201ceverything leads to believe\u201d that the attack was \u201can isolated act\u201d.<\/p>\n
Portugal has been considered one of the safest countries in the world and does not tend to experience Islamophobic attacks or generally a high level of crime.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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