Fatal stabbings at Lisbon Muslim centre ‘not viewed as terror crime’

Police officers were called to the Ismaili Muslim centre in Lisbon (Armando Franca/AP)

Authorities in Portugal have said that the fatal stabbings of two women at an Ismaili Muslim centre in Lisbon were not being treated as a potential act of terrorism.

Investigators have found no indication that the man detained in the knife attack was involved in extremist activities, Luis Neves, the head of Portugal’s judicial police, said during a press conference.