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| Three Young People Stabbed on Busy Hague Street, Setting Off Alarm | |
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| The police in the Dutch city of The Hague said three young people were injured in a “stabbing incident” on Friday evening on Grote Markt Street, a central thoroughfare teeming with Black Friday shoppers. | The police in the Dutch city of The Hague said three young people were injured in a “stabbing incident” on Friday evening on Grote Markt Street, a central thoroughfare teeming with Black Friday shoppers. |
| The deputy mayor, Boudewijn Revis, described the victims as children and called the episode “a terrible thing to happen on a night on which so many people are shopping in one of our busiest streets.” The victims were treated at hospitals and released, the police said. | The deputy mayor, Boudewijn Revis, described the victims as children and called the episode “a terrible thing to happen on a night on which so many people are shopping in one of our busiest streets.” The victims were treated at hospitals and released, the police said. |
| The police said late Friday that they were still searching for a suspect and investigating a potential motive. The Dutch newspaper AD said that investigators had found a knife in the area. | The police said late Friday that they were still searching for a suspect and investigating a potential motive. The Dutch newspaper AD said that investigators had found a knife in the area. |
| Photos posted on social media showed the neighborhood cordoned off on Friday night with helicopters circling above and emergency vehicles stationed all about. | Photos posted on social media showed the neighborhood cordoned off on Friday night with helicopters circling above and emergency vehicles stationed all about. |
| The dramatic police response reflected heightened fears on the Continent after a burst of violence in London earlier Friday was declared a “terrorist incident” by the British police. In a chaotic altercation on London Bridge, several people tackled a man wearing a fake bomb, whom the police shot dead at the scene. Two people were stabbed to death. | The dramatic police response reflected heightened fears on the Continent after a burst of violence in London earlier Friday was declared a “terrorist incident” by the British police. In a chaotic altercation on London Bridge, several people tackled a man wearing a fake bomb, whom the police shot dead at the scene. Two people were stabbed to death. |
| The busy holiday season — targeted for attacks around Europe in recent years — may also have put the Dutch authorities on edge. Last month, Amsterdam’s international airport was briefly paralyzed as security forces responded to a false alarm of a hijacking; this week, the Dutch police arrested two men accused of plotting a terrorist attack. | The busy holiday season — targeted for attacks around Europe in recent years — may also have put the Dutch authorities on edge. Last month, Amsterdam’s international airport was briefly paralyzed as security forces responded to a false alarm of a hijacking; this week, the Dutch police arrested two men accused of plotting a terrorist attack. |
| But unlike in France, Belgium and Germany, there have been no major organized terrorist attacks on Dutch soil in recent years. | But unlike in France, Belgium and Germany, there have been no major organized terrorist attacks on Dutch soil in recent years. |
| In most of the country, the police presence tends to be subdued and heavy automatic rifles are rarely seen in the hands of law enforcement. Exceptions are at Schiphol, the country’s biggest airport, and at Parliament, about 400 yards from the stabbing site, which are guarded by the well-armed military police, the royal Marechaussee. | In most of the country, the police presence tends to be subdued and heavy automatic rifles are rarely seen in the hands of law enforcement. Exceptions are at Schiphol, the country’s biggest airport, and at Parliament, about 400 yards from the stabbing site, which are guarded by the well-armed military police, the royal Marechaussee. |
| Earlier this year in Utrecht, about 45 miles east of The Hague, a gunman opened fire in a tram, killing three and injuring five. SWAT teams responded and a section of the neighborhood was cordoned off as authorities scrambled to deal with what was believed to be a terrorist attack. The shooter, who at the time of the killings faced rape charges, told police he had acted alone. | Earlier this year in Utrecht, about 45 miles east of The Hague, a gunman opened fire in a tram, killing three and injuring five. SWAT teams responded and a section of the neighborhood was cordoned off as authorities scrambled to deal with what was believed to be a terrorist attack. The shooter, who at the time of the killings faced rape charges, told police he had acted alone. |
| Claire Moses contributed reporting. | Claire Moses contributed reporting. |