AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - A car driver hit eight people outside Amsterdam Central Station on Saturday, injuring two seriously, after being warned about parking illegally, but police said there was no indication that the driver was carrying out an attack of any kind.

The police said on Twitter: “spoke to the suspect. Doesn’t appear to have been intentional.”

Two people were admitted to hospital with serious injuries, and others were treated at the scene.

The driver was arrested and taken for questioning.</s>Eight people were injured in an incident involving a car in front of Amsterdam’s main railway station on Saturday night but police say they do not think the action was deliberate.

The black Peugot 307 was apparently parked in a spot where waiting is not allowed, local media said. According to the Parool newspaper, police spoke to the driver and asked to see his licence which he showed them. The man then drove off, hitting several people, and ploughed into a low wall next to an entrance to the metro.

A police spokesman said it appeared that the driver may have been taken ill. ‘Of course we are carrying out further inquiries to rule out anything else,’ the spokesman told reporters.

Two people are said to be seriously injured and have been taken to hospital. The others were treated at the scene. Eyewitness John Berg said on Twitter the incident was ‘terrifying’.

The main area in front of the station was sealed off for a time but train services were not affected and passengers were still able to use the side doors, Dutch railway company NS said.

Tram services which terminate at the station’s main entrance were rerouted.

By 11pm, the car had been towed away and the station square re-opened to the public.

Witnessed a car crash into a crowd by Amsterdam central station. Terrifying! pic.twitter.com/jeoFtP4OEA — John Berg (@jwbergiii) June 10, 2017

UPDATE: De auto die bij CS meerdere mensen aanreed is zojuist weggesleept https://t.co/872E4OeUz7 pic.twitter.com/VUxJ2AmCoG — AT5 (@AT5) June 10, 2017</s>At least 8 people have been injured after a car ploughed into pedestrians outside Amsterdam's Centraal station.

According to police reports the driver of the vehicle was parked illegally and attempted to speed off when approached by police. He hit a wall crashing into a crowd of people.

Police pulled the driver from the vehicle, as paramedics tended to the wounded. Two people are said to be in a serious condition.

The motorist has been described as incapacitated after being taken unwell. Police said the driver had no intention of driving into the pedestrians.

While the incident sparked a major police response officials denied any suggestion of a terror attack.

Police spokeswoman Marjolein Koek said: "There is no indication whatsoever that this is a terrorist attack" .

The square outside Centraal Station was sealed off by police as they searched the car Mail Online reports.

Security Services in the Netherlands has been on high alert since the London Bridge attack a week ago.</s>Two people have been seriously injured after a car hit pedestrians, but police say there is ‘no indication whatsoever’ that it was an extremist attack

An incident outside Amsterdam’s main railway station involving a car that hit pedestrians, leaving two people seriously injured, is not thought to have been an extremist attack. “There is no indication whatsoever that this is a terrorist attack,” police spokeswoman Marjolein Koek said.

Police said that the driver was parked in a place where he was not allowed to stop and drove off when approached by police, then ran into a wall. Some of the injured were hospitalised while others were treated at the scene. Police also said that the car was searched and that the driver was questioned.</s>An incident outside Amsterdam’s main railway station involving a car that hit pedestrians, leaving two people seriously injured, is not thought to have been an extremist attack.

“There is no indication whatsoever that this is a terrorist attack,” police spokeswoman Marjolein Koek said.

Police said that the driver was parked in a place where he was not allowed to stop and drove off when approached by police and ran into a wall. Some of the injured were hospitalised while others were treated at the scene.

Police also said that the car was searched and that the driver was questioned.

The incident received immediate widespread attention after several extremist attacks in Europe over the past year involving vehicles, including one at London Bridge in London last week.

The first images from the Amsterdam incident area showed a major police presence around the railway station with first aid responders treating one person.

A black car was shown to be slightly damaged against a low retaining wall close to the station.</s>iStock/Thinkstock(AMSTERDAM) — At least eight people were injured after a car crashed into a wall at the Amsterdam Central Station in the Netherlands, police said.

The suspect allegedly ran off when officers approached, according to police, and is now in custody.

The incident did not appear to be intentional or terror-related, police said.

Two people were transported to a hospital for serious injuries, according to police in Amsterdam.</s>A car crashed against a wall at around 9 pm in front of the Amsterdam Central Station on Saturday injuring eight people, Amsterdam police said.

The driver of the car was arrested and taken to the police station for questioning. His car is being investigated. The area in front of the station was sealed after the incident. Of the eight injured people, two have been taken to the hospital, Xinhua reported.

Witnesses described the scene as ‘horrifying’.

According to the statement by the Amsterdam police, the car was parked at a place where that was not allowed, after which police officers told the car driver about his obstruction.

The car driver then drove away with high speed across the Stationsplein square in front of the station, hitting several people and crashing to the subway entrance wall.

This comes exactly a week after the terrorists’ rammed a white van onto pedestrians on London Bridge. The three attackers later abandoned the van and went to the nearby Borough Market and began a stabbing spree.

Police said the three men — Butt, Rachid Redouane and Youssef Zaghba — had driven up and down London Bridge twice before carrying out the attack, in what appeared as a dry run.</s>BRUSSELS (AP) — Amsterdam police say 5 injured after car strikes pedestrians outside main railway station, driver arrested.</s>A car has struck pedestrians around Amsterdam’s main train station injuring eight people. There was “no indication whatsoever” it was an extremist attack, say police.

Six of the injured were hospitalized, with two of them in serious condition, police spokeswoman Marjolein Koek said.

“There is no indication whatsoever that this is a terrorist attack,” Koek added.

Amsterdam police later tweeted that apparently the driver had been unwell. “Talked to the suspect. Doesn’t appear to be intentional, rather getting sick. Obviously we continue the investigation to exclude other options.”

Police said that the driver was parked in a place where he wasn’t allowed to stop and drove off when approached by police and ran into a wall.

The incident received immediate widespread attention after several extremist attacks in Europe over the past year involving vehicles, including one in London last week.

The first images from the Amsterdam incident area showed a major police presence around the railway station with first aid responders treating one person. A black car was shown to be slightly damaged against a low retaining wall close to the station.</s>BRUSSELS (AP) – Amsterdam police say that a car has struck pedestrians outside the city’s main railway station, injuring five people.

The driver has been arrested. Police tweeted that two of the injured have been hospitalized and three others have been treated at the scene.

Police also said that the driver was parked in a place where he wasn’t allowed to stop and drove off when approached by police on Saturday and ran into a wall.

Police also say the car has been searched and that the driver has been questioned. Amsterdam police say ‘no indication whatsoever’ car incident is extremist attack.
Eight people are injured, two seriously, when a car drives into several people in front of the Amsterdam Centraal station in the Netherlands. Police say the driver may have taken ill; they are not treating this as terrorism-related.