At least five people have been wounded in a stabbing attack in the Netherlands capital of Amsterdam, police have said.

One suspect has been arrested after the incident on Thursday near the central Dam Square.

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“A motive is currently still unclear, but part of our investigation,” police said in a statement.

There is no immediate information yet on the condition of those wounded.

A trauma helicopter has landed on Dam Square to tend to the victims. Police vans and ambulances are also in attendance.

Images from local news agency ANP showed a person on a stretcher being loaded into the back of an ambulance.

According to local media reports, Amsterdam Mayor Femke Halsema left a meeting in the town hall when news of the attack broke.

Police urged people to share any available footage of the attack with them.

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