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Maastricht stabbing: Two people killed and several injured in knife attacks in Dutch city | Maastricht stabbing: Two people killed and several injured in knife attacks in Dutch city |
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Two people were killed and three others wounded by stabbings in the southern Dutch city of Maastricht on Thursday evening, police said. | |
Police said in a statement there were two stabbing incidents within a few hundred metres of each other in a residential neighbourhood in northern Maastricht, which borders Germany and Belgium. | |
Local media reported neighbours as saying they were startled by loud shouting. | Local media reported neighbours as saying they were startled by loud shouting. |
Police tweeted to say their investigations gave them no reason to suspect a terrorist motive. | |
One person has been arrested, they added. | |
A police statement said: “On the Botsaarsstraat there was a fight at 9pm and one man died as a result of a stabbing. The identity of this man is still unknown. The suspect fled. | |
“Ten minutes later, another stabbing took place on Joseph Postnesstraat. A woman was killed but her identity is not known. | |
“In this second incident, two people were also injured. They have been transferred to the hospital. The nature of their injuries is unknown. Afterwards, a third injured person was found in a nearby mosque. That person was also transferred to the hospital. | |
“Research has shown that there is no reason to assume that these incidents have a terrorist motive. The police are still investigating these incidents in the neighbourhood.” |