Sarah Papenheim [Source: BBC]

A young woman from the US who moved to the Netherlands to study after a family tragedy has been stabbed to death in her student complex in Rotterdam.

Sarah Papenheim, 21, was found dying in her lodgings in the city’s Kralingen district on Wednesday, and armed police later seized a suspect in another city.

She was studying psychology at Erasmus University, having been affected by her brother’s suicide some years ago.

Ms Papenheim was also a gifted drummer, well known on Minnesota’s music scene.