5 individuals have been injured following a stabbing in central Amsterdam, police say.
The suspect, who has been arrested and will likely be questioned afterward Thursday, was overpowered with the assistance of a neighborhood resident and brought to hospital with a leg damage, police say.
A small space of the central Dam Sq. stays cordoned off for forensic investigation.
Dutch police say they don’t have any particulars on the situation of the injured individuals, and the motive for the incident stays unclear.
The variety of injured individuals was for a time mentioned to be 4, however in a later replace the police mentioned 5 individuals had been wounded in addition to the suspect.
Authorities initially cordoned-off a big space across the Royal Palace in Dam Sq., the place the emergency helicopter landed.
Pictures confirmed an individual on a stretcher being loaded into the again of an ambulance.
The injured individuals had been evacuated from the realm however an AFP information company reporter on the scene mentioned there was nonetheless a heavy police presence and ambulances.
A witness informed the Dutch paper De Telegraaf that they all of a sudden heard an “icy scream” and after that panic broke out within the space.
A store assistant additionally mentioned that she heard quite a lot of shouting and screaming and that individuals began working, the paper reported.
Witnesses quoted by native media mentioned a woman and an aged girl had been stabbed.
Amsterdam outlet Het Parool quoted a witness saying he approached a woman after listening to a noise. As another person shouted to name an ambulance, he noticed a knife “protruding from the woman’s again, between her shoulders”, the paper quotes him as saying.
The police haven’t confirmed who has been stabbed.
Earlier, a police spokesperson informed Dutch media there had been experiences of a theft.
They’re urging anybody with photographs of the incident to add them as proof.
