4 individuals injured, police say

4 individuals have been injured following a stabbing in central Amsterdam, police say.

The suspect, who has been arrested and might be questioned in a while 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 4 injured individuals, and the motive for the incident stays unclear.

Police 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 have been evacuated from the world however an AFP information company reporter on the scene stated there was nonetheless a heavy police presence and ambulances.

A witness advised the Dutch paper De Telegraaf that they all of the sudden heard an “icy scream” and after that panic broke out within the space.

A store assistant additionally stated that she heard plenty of shouting and screaming and that folks began working, the paper reported.

Witnesses quoted by native media stated a woman and an aged girl have 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 big knife “protruding from the lady’s again, between her shoulders”, the paper quotes him as saying.

The police haven’t confirmed who has been stabbed.

Earlier, a police spokesperson advised Dutch media there had been experiences of a theft.

Police had initially stated that 5 individuals have been injured within the stabbing, however in an replace stated one of many injured was the suspect.

They’re urging anybody with photos of the incident to add them as proof.