AN ASYLUM seeker has been arrested after a 17-year-old girl was stabbed to death as she called police to tell them she was being followed.
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.
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Young Lisa was killed as she returned from a night out in Amsterdam with her friends on Wednesday at around 3:30am.
She was riding an electric bike home to Abcoude when she started to fear she was being followed.
Lisa phoned up 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.
Forensic examiners found multiple stabs 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 immense 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 organised after a Dutch actress and author Nienke Gravemade wrote a poem on Lisa’s final moments.
She 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 kilometres from where Lisa was found.
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He is also facing a third serious accusation of assaulting a woman in Weesperzijde on August 10.
Police are still probing several other lines of enquiry related to Lisa’s tragic murder.
At least three potential witnesses are being urged to come forwards after they were seen on CCTV around the area where Lisa was last seen.
Footage released by the local police shows a scooter rider and a Biro microcar driving on the road near to where her body was found.
The occupants of a light-coloured delivery van are also being asked to help police piece together the fateful night.
A statement from the local police force said: “What happened between the victim’s departure from Leidseplein and the discovery of her body is still unclear.
“We are urgently seeking information about her last cycling route and are calling on three specific road users to come forward.”
On Sunday, a mass peaceful protest took place in the wake of Lisa’s death.
Around 500 people participated in a March Against Femicide in Rotterdam which has been a weekly occurrence over the past month.
Many were carrying signs with powerful messages on such as: “She had dreams, no grave needed.”
And: “Not all men, but always men.”
Lisa was also an avid fan of Ajax and regularly attended home matches.
Passionate crowds at the Johan Cruijff Arena held a moments silence in memory of the teen and held up banners with her name on Sunday.
It comes as the Netherlands continues to face major issues around how the government handles asylum seekers.
The Dutch government collapsed in June after far-right leader Geert Wilders pulled his party from the coalition amid an asylum row.
Prime Minister Dick Schoof declared he would offer his resignation hours later, levelling criticism at the anti-immigration, Euro-sceptic populist.
Wilders had demanded ten additional measures over asylum regulations – including a freeze on applications and halting the construction of reception centres.
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