Five wounded in Amsterdam stabbing attack, police say

One suspect arrested after attack near the central Dam Square in the capital of the Netherlands.

At least five people have been wounded in a stabbing attack in the Netherlands capital of Amsterdam, police have said.

One suspect has been arrested after the incident on Thursday near the central Dam Square.

“A motive is currently still unclear, but part of our investigation,” police said in a statement.

In a stabbing incident at the Sint Nicolaasstraat nearby the Dam square five people have been injured. One suspect has been arrested.

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There is no immediate information yet on the condition of those wounded.

A trauma helicopter has landed on Dam Square to tend to the victims. Police vans and ambulances are also in attendance.

Images from local news agency ANP showed a person on a stretcher being loaded into the back of an ambulance.

According to local media reports, Amsterdam Mayor Femke Halsema left a meeting in the town hall when news of the attack broke.

Police urged people to share any available footage of the attack with them.

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