Police in Amsterdam say at least five people have been wounded in a stabbing in the Dutch city. One person has been arrested.

Amsterdam — A knife-wielding assailant was among five people seriously wounded in a stabbing attack on a busy shopping central in Amsterdam, police in the Dutch city said on Thursday. One person has been arrested. The attacks happened near Dam Square, in central Amsterdam, in the late afternoon.

Multiple people were stabbed in Amsterdam's iconic Dam Square this afternoon, with several police cars, ambulances and a helicopter spotted on scene - five people were injured in the horror attack