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The Hague stabbing: Dutch police arrest suspect | The Hague stabbing: Dutch police arrest suspect |
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Police in the Dutch city of The Hague have arrested a man aged 35 over a stabbing attack on a shopping street on Friday, in which three teenagers were injured. | Police in the Dutch city of The Hague have arrested a man aged 35 over a stabbing attack on a shopping street on Friday, in which three teenagers were injured. |
The suspect, who has no fixed abode, will be transferred to a police station for questioning, local police said. | The suspect, who has no fixed abode, will be transferred to a police station for questioning, local police said. |
Those hurt, two girls aged 15 and a boy of 13, did not know each other, and no motive has been reported. | Those hurt, two girls aged 15 and a boy of 13, did not know each other, and no motive has been reported. |
Al three were released from hospital following treatment. | Al three were released from hospital following treatment. |
Police said earlier that they were investigating "several scenarios" and that it was "too early to speculate" about a possible terror motive. | Police said earlier that they were investigating "several scenarios" and that it was "too early to speculate" about a possible terror motive. |
The attack in The Hague came hours after a stabbing in London in which two people were killed and three injured before police shot dead the suspect. | |
British police say the London attack was a terrorist incident. | |
What happened in The Hague? | |
An attacker struck at 19:45 (18:45 GMT) at the Hudson's Bay store in the city's Grote Marktstraat, or main market square. | An attacker struck at 19:45 (18:45 GMT) at the Hudson's Bay store in the city's Grote Marktstraat, or main market square. |
Dozens of Black Friday shoppers could be seen running from the scene. | Dozens of Black Friday shoppers could be seen running from the scene. |
"On a night when a lot of people do their shopping in one of our busiest shopping streets, something so terrible happens," Deputy Mayor Boudewijn Revis told de Volkskrant newspaper. | "On a night when a lot of people do their shopping in one of our busiest shopping streets, something so terrible happens," Deputy Mayor Boudewijn Revis told de Volkskrant newspaper. |
The injured are described as a 13-year-old boy from The Hague, a 15-year-old girl from Alphen aan den Rijn, and another 15-year-old girl from Leiderdorp. | The injured are described as a 13-year-old boy from The Hague, a 15-year-old girl from Alphen aan den Rijn, and another 15-year-old girl from Leiderdorp. |
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