Amsterdam:
A person set himself and his automobile on hearth on Amsterdam’s iconic Dam Sq. on Thursday, police stated, in what they suspected was a potential try to take his personal life.
Photos posted by native media and on-line present a small pink automobile pulling as much as the Nationwide Monument positioned close to the sq.’s southeastern nook.
A small explosion adopted shortly afterwards, with flames capturing out of the car.
“Digital camera photographs present that the hearth on the Dam was sparked after an explosion in a automobile,” Amsterdam police confirmed on X, previously Twitter.
BREAKING:
Video of the second the failed automobile bomb exploded on the major sq. in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
A automobile is on hearth after a small explosion. The police imagine it is a deliberate assault.
It is the identical location the place 5 folks have been stabbed a number of days in the past. pic.twitter.com/6xmudcjXE4
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“At that second there have been lots of people near the car, however so far as we all know, no bystanders have been injured,” police added.
Passers-by might be seen scattering, with a number of police autos shortly surrounding the burning automobile.
The hearth was believed to have been intentionally began by the automobile’s driver “who was injured within the course of,” police stated.
The motive force stumbled from the automobile together with his garments on hearth, shortly extinguished by police.
The injured man was taken to hospital and was underneath police arrest.
He was later recognized as a 50-year-old Dutch nationwide from the North Netherlands province. Police nevertheless didn’t launch his identify.
Automobile on hearth on the central Dam Sq. in Amsterdam, Netherlands
Police report that the motive force was injured, they don’t rule out that he himself deliberately triggered the hearth pic.twitter.com/t1csu1FwC6
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“Detectives are preserving all eventualities open, however have robust suspicions that the person needed to take his personal life. He’s suspected of arson,” the police stated.
An AFP reporter on the scene noticed police and explosives officers probing the burnt-out car, whereas the sq. within the coronary heart of town remained largely cordoned off.
A witness instructed the native AT5 tv station she heard a “small pop, not even an actual explosion” on the sq. and noticed folks working away.
“Then instantly there was a loud bang and many black smoke.”
“After that I noticed the person. Abruptly he was on hearth. It was unreal,” she stated.
The newest incident got here days after a Ukrainian man final week stabbed 5 folks at random within the streets across the sq., positioned within the coronary heart of the Dutch capital.
Dutch prosecutors stated Tuesday the person “acted with terrorist” intent.
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