Multiple people reported stabbed at The Hague
At least three people were stabbed Friday night at a department store in a busy shopping district in The Hague, Netherlands, Dutch police said just hours after a separate stabbing attack in London left a knife-wielding perpetrator and two victims dead.
Authorities are calling the attack on London Bridge terrorist related, while officials in The Hague have not made that assessment.
Dutch State TV reported “no indication of a terrorist motive.”
According to the BBC News agency, Hague authorities are seeking a middle-aged male suspect observed near the scene dressed in a grey athletic suit.
#BREAKING Update : Video of the scene of a stabbing in Grote Marktstraat in the centre of the Hague, Netherlands . Multiple people have been stabbed.#GroteMarktstraat #Netherlandspic.twitter.com/9GPcYIjvve
— Shark NewsWires (@SharkNewsWires) November 29, 2019
The incident happened at a Hudson's Bay store in the city's main market square area, known as Grote Markt Street. Police said the district was busy with Black Friday shoppers at the time of the incident.
Twitter users posted video of people running from the scene outside.
BREAKING: Another stabbing attack in The Hague, Netherlands, as people were out looking for #BlackFriday deals in the Grote Marktstraat shopping area. This happens jus a few hours after a terrorist stabbing on London Bridge. Multiple people injured. pic.twitter.com/dxMhuL9fpA
— Giovanni Cavalcanti (@giovannicavett) November 29, 2019
Like the London attack earlier in the day, the attack at The Hague happened in a location popular with tourists, commuters and shoppers.
The Hague is also where the international criminal court is based.
