A DUTCH schoolgirl allegedly murdered by an asylum seeker had phoned emergency services in terror just minutes before she was found stabbed to death.
Lisa, 17, from Abcoude, was cycling home from a night out in Amsterdam around 3.30am on Wednesday when she rang 112 to say she was being followed.
A sea of flowers at the village church in tribute to Lisa[/caption]
Officers rushed to the scene after tracing her phone – but found her lifeless body in a ditch near Holterbergweg just 30 minutes later around 4am.
Detectives say Lisa was attacked by a man on a bicycle and killed with “severe violence”, local outlet HLN reports.
Forensic examiners reportedly found multiple stab wounds to her body and neck.
Dutch cops have not explicitly confirmed whether the man Lisa reported is the same person who killed her.
But investigators suspect only one perpetrator, making it highly likely they are the same individual.
A police spokesperson said: “The investigation so far indicates that the victim left Leidseplein in Amsterdam around 3.30am.
“On her way to Abcoude, she cycled along Holterbergweg and was attacked there by a man who also owned a bicycle.
“The victim contacted the police dispatch centre about this incident.
“Officers subsequently found her there around 4.15am.”
Officers reportedly heard Lisa’s final moments live over the emergency line.
According to the Daily Mail, sources claim police heard snippets of her distressed voice, background noise, and then the attack itself — multiple stabbing sounds before the line went dead.
Cops rushed to the scene by tracing her phone but by the time they arrived the suspect had vanished.
Police continue to appeal for witnesses, especially three specific road users — a scooter rider, the occupants of a light-coloured van, and someone driving a Biro microcar — who were on Holterbergweg shortly after Lisa was killed.
The case has provoked national fury after it emerged that the main suspect — a 22-year-old asylum seeker — had already been arrested days earlier over separate allegations of rape and assault.
Chilling CCTV footage appears to show him prowling the area less than an hour before Lisa was killed.
Dutch media say he had been arrested on August 15 over the alleged rape of a woman in Weesperzijde, just three miles from where Lisa was found.
He also faces a third accusation of assaulting a woman in the same area on August 10.
The man, identified on August 22, is of Nigerian descent, according to Het Parool.
He was staying at a reception site run by the Central Agency for the Reception of Asylum Seekers in Amsterdam before being arrested again in connection with Lisa’s death.
Lisa, who had recently graduated from school and was an avid Ajax supporter, had chosen to cycle home because she didn’t want to leave her expensive Cowboy electric bike behind in Amsterdam’s nightlife district.
Her grieving family said in a statement: “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.”
Tributes have poured in across the Netherlands.
Flowers and notes were left at the site of the killing, while Ajax fans held a minute’s silence and unveiled banners with her name at the Johan Cruijff Arena.
Thousands also joined a nationwide “reclaim the night” march, demanding safer streets for women.
The killing has intensified debate over asylum policy.
The Dutch government collapsed in June amid a migration row, when far-right leader Geert Wilders pulled his party out of the coalition after demanding tougher measures, including a freeze on asylum applications.
Prime Minister Dick Schoof offered his resignation shortly after.
Meanwhile, protests against violence towards women have surged.
Around 500 people marched in Rotterdam on Sunday under the banner “March Against Femicide,” carrying signs such as: “She had dreams, no grave needed,” and “Not all men, but always men.”
Amsterdam’s mayor Femke Halsema condemned the attack: “This is every woman’s greatest fear. Thousands of women are rightly demanding their night back.
“Enjoying freedom should be possible without fear. Safety is not a given. There’s no blueprint for addressing this.”
The growing migrant crisis in the UK and Europe
BOTH the United Kingdom and Europe are currently battling significant challenges related to migration.
The UK is grappling with a sharp rise in migration, particularly through small boat crossings across the English Channel.
This has placed immense pressure on the asylum system, with thousands of asylum seekers housed in hotels, costing the government billions annually.
A record number of people claimed asylum in the UK in the last year – with a massive 32,000 currently living in taxpayer-funded hotels.
This has prompted fury from locals who are protesting against the housing of asylum seekers in public spaces such as hotels.
In response, the UK government is trialling measures such as a “one-in, one-out” agreement with France which have again proved controversial.
Across Europe, migration policies are becoming stricter as the influence of far-right, anti-migration parties continues to grow.
Spain’s holiday islands have hit breaking point with near-daily arrivals of small-boat migrants, officials say.
Locals on Majorca, Ibiza, and Tenerife among others are at their “wits end” and have begun rebelling, according to island governments.
Elsewhere, Italy has recently signed a controversial deal with Albania to process up to 36,000 migrants annually outside the EU.
Poland, Hungary and Croatia have all also been made to bolster up their borders and strengthen ties with international allies to halt the number of migrants entering their countries.
