Public safety incident

A stabbing near central Amsterdam's Dam Square on Sint Nicolaasstraat has left five people wounded, Dutch police said Thursday.The perpetrator of the attack has been taken into custody."A motive is currently still unclear, but part of our investigation," Amsterdam police wrote on social media platform X. The police have closed off the area where the attack occurred. Amsterdam police asking witnesses for footage.Emergency responders rushed to the scene of the attack to help victims. One of the victims is believed to have been put on a stretcher and was then boarded into an ambulance. The severity of the victims' injuries has not yet been divulged by Dutch health officials. Amsterdam police are asking those who witnessed the attack to share any footage of the incident with authorities.