The two wounded people and the knife-wielding suspect are taken to the hospital, Amsterdam police say, although their condition was not revealed

THE HAGUE, Netherlands – Two people were stabbed at Amsterdam's busy Central Station on Friday, August 31, before the alleged attacker was shot and wounded, Dutch police said. Passengers are pictured outside the Central Railway Station in Amsterdam Credit: GERMAIN MOYON/AFP

Police declined to speculate on the reasons for Friday's incident, but the Afghan Taliban in a statement Thursday called for attacks on Dutch troops following plans by Dutch far-right politician Geert Wilders to stage a Prophet Mohammed cartoon competition in the Dutch parliament. Policemen are at work after the stabbing incident Credit: SEM VAN DER WAL/AFP

Initially, police said that the station - located in the Dutch capital's historic canal-ringed city centre - had been evacuated and closed off to all rail traffic. ‘This is what we’ve been afraid of’: Finland rocked by deadly stabbing spree in market

However, police soon afterwards issued an update to say there was “no talk” of a complete evacuation and that only two platforms were closed to passengers. Both the two victims and the suspect from the incident at Amsterdam Centraal Station were taken to a local hospital with injuries, but their conditions remained unclear. Bullet train horror: passengers describe panic as man goes on stabbing spree in Japan

Several police vehicles and ambulances were seen outside the large red-brick station as security officials and police officers stood guard wearing high-visibility vests. “It happened really quickly.”

Images posted on social media showed security guards ushering passengers towards exits and paramedics arriving at the scene with stretchers. Around 250,000 people travel through Central Station every day, according to statistics provided by the Amsterdam.info travel guide.
Two U.S. citizens are seriously wounded after a knife attack in Amsterdam Centraal station. The attacker was shot and wounded by the police.