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| Amsterdam stabbing: Four people injured, police say | Amsterdam stabbing: Four people injured, police say |
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| An emergency helicopter landed outside the Royal Palace in the central Dam Square | An emergency helicopter landed outside the Royal Palace in the central Dam Square |
| Five people have been injured following a stabbing in central Amsterdam, police say. | |
| The suspect, who has been arrested and will be questioned later on Thursday, was overpowered with the help of a local resident and taken to hospital with a leg injury, police say. | The suspect, who has been arrested and will be questioned later on Thursday, was overpowered with the help of a local resident and taken to hospital with a leg injury, police say. |
| A small area of the central Dam Square remains cordoned off for forensic investigation. | A small area of the central Dam Square remains cordoned off for forensic investigation. |
| Dutch police say they do not have any details on the condition of the injured people, and the motive for the incident remains unclear. | |
| The number of injured people was for a time said to be four, but in a later update the police said five people were wounded as well as the suspect. | |
| Authorities initially cordoned-off a large area around the Royal Palace in Dam Square, where the emergency helicopter landed. | |
| Images showed a person on a stretcher being loaded into the back of an ambulance. | Images showed a person on a stretcher being loaded into the back of an ambulance. |
| The injured people were evacuated from the area but an AFP news agency reporter at the scene said there was still a heavy police presence and ambulances. | The injured people were evacuated from the area but an AFP news agency reporter at the scene said there was still a heavy police presence and ambulances. |
| A witness told the Dutch paper De Telegraaf that they suddenly heard an "icy scream" and after that panic broke out in the area. | A witness told the Dutch paper De Telegraaf that they suddenly heard an "icy scream" and after that panic broke out in the area. |
| A shop assistant also said that she heard a lot of shouting and screaming and that people started running, the paper reported. | A shop assistant also said that she heard a lot of shouting and screaming and that people started running, the paper reported. |
| Witnesses quoted by local media said a girl and an elderly woman were stabbed. | Witnesses quoted by local media said a girl and an elderly woman were stabbed. |
| Amsterdam outlet Het Parool quoted a witness saying he approached a girl after hearing a noise. As someone else shouted to call an ambulance, he saw a knife "sticking out from the girl's back, between her shoulders", the paper quotes him as saying. | |
| The police have not confirmed who has been stabbed. | The police have not confirmed who has been stabbed. |
| Earlier, a police spokesperson told Dutch media there had been reports of a robbery. | Earlier, a police spokesperson told Dutch media there had been reports of a robbery. |
| They are urging anyone with images of the incident to upload them as evidence. | They are urging anyone with images of the incident to upload them as evidence. |