Police: No indication of terrorist motive in Hague stabbing

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November 30 2019 10:25 PM

Police: No indication of terrorist motive in Hague stabbing | iNFOnews.ca — Forensic experts look for clues on the scene of a stabbing incident in the center of The Hague, Netherlands, Friday, Nov. 29, 2019. Dutch police say multiple people have been injured in a stabbing incident in The Hague's main shopping street. (AP Photo/Phil Nijhuis)

Original Publication Date: November 30, 2019 10:25PM

Publication Updated: April 19, 2025 8:31AM

THE HAGUE, Netherlands – Police say they have not found any indications of a terrorist motive in a stabbing on a busy Dutch shopping street that injured three teens.

Police said Sunday, after questioning a 35-year-old homeless man arrested as a suspect in the stabbing, that “so far there are no indications that point to a possible terrorist motive.”

Investigations are continuing into what motivated the Friday night attack in downtown The Hague that injured two 15-year-old girls and a 13-year-old boy. All three were treated in a hospital and released late Friday.

The attack in the Netherlands came hours after a convicted terrorist wearing a fake explosive vest stabbed to death two people and wounded three more in London, before he was fatally shot by officers.