In Lisbon (

Portugal

), two people died and several others were injured as a result of an attack by a man armed with a knife on an Islamic cultural center.   

This is reported by The National News.

The officers who arrived at the scene of the crime eliminated the assailant.

"The police came across a man armed with a large knife. The assailant was ordered to stop the attack, to which he did not obey and with a knife in his hands started to meet the law enforcement officers, the police officers used firearms against the person, striking and neutralizing the aggressor," the report states.

The suspect was taken to a Lisbon hospital, where he remains in custody.

It will be recalled that

a group of people was preparing a series of terrorist attacks in one of the European capitals.

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