17-year-old girl murdered in Amsterdam, suspect in сustody
The suspect, 22, was arrested four days before Lisa’s body was discovered over allegations of rape and a third claim he had assaulted a woman.
Young Lisa was killed as she returned from a night out in Amsterdam with her friends on Wednesday at around 3:30 am.
She was riding an electric bike home to Abcoude when she started to fear she was being followed.
Lisa called the emergency police number to report her worrying experience but was fatally attacked before the call went through.
Police found her body in a ditch close to the secondary school she had just recently graduated from.
Now CCTV released by police appears to show the suspect prowling the area less than an hour before Lisa was killed.
Forensic examiners found multiple stab wounds on her body and her neck.
A statement from her heartbroken family said: "Our hearts are broken.
"We hope we can mourn Lisa’s loss together in peace and privacy.
"We are immensely supported by the love and sympathy from family, friends, and fellow villagers, and we want to express our gratitude for this."
The murder of the teenager has triggered widespread outrage across the Netherlands.
Hundreds of grief-stricken locals laid floral tributes by the scene of the attack along with touching notes for Lisa and her loved ones.
A nationwide "reclaim the night" march was also organized after Dutch actress and author Nienke Gravemade wrote a poem on Lisa’s final moments.
It focused on a red handbag which Lisa had hung from the handlebars of her bicycle as she came home.
Gravemade wrote on Instagram: "The red bag. I keep thinking about that red bag. How it dangled from her handlebars as she drove through the night.
"A night that belonged to her too.
"I claim the night. I claim the streets. I demand that the fear be lifted."
The male asylum seeker was arrested after an initial investigation.
He was identified on August 22 and found to be staying at a site run by the Central Agency for the Reception of Asylum Seekers in Amsterdam, according to Dutch media outlet NOS.
It was later uncovered that he was arrested for the rape of a woman in Weesperzijde just days earlier on August 15.
The alleged attack reportedly took place just five kilometers from where Lisa was found.
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