Portugal: Refugee held as suspect in Muslim center stabbings

Local Afghan community representatives said the suspect was known to have psychological problems after his wife died while their family was at a refugee camp in Greece.

Police said they were investigating the stabbings as a possible terror act.

A man wielding a large knife killed two Portuguese women and wounded several other people at an Ismaili Muslim center in Lisbon on Tuesday, authorities said. (LaPresse)

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