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Knife-wielding man prompts Dutch police to open fire at Amsterdam Airport Knife-wielding man prompts Dutch police to open fire at Amsterdam Airport
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Dutch police opened fire after a man threatened to use a knife at Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport. Authorities had to clear the main entrance of the building. Dutch police opened fire after a man threatened to use a knife at Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport. Authorities had to briefly clear the main entrance of the building.
"A man at Schiphol was shot by the military police after threatening with a knife. Situation safe," the Marechaussee police service said on Twitter. "A man at Schiphol was shot by the military police after threatening with a knife. Situation safe," the Marechaussee police service said on Twitter.
The suspect was detained and removed from the scene. There were no reports of other injuries. The suspect was detained and removed from the scene by police. There were no reports of other injuries.
Schiphol, just outside Amsterdam, is one of Europe's busiest airports.Schiphol, just outside Amsterdam, is one of Europe's busiest airports.
"The man threatened with a knife and the military police shot him," spokesman Stan Verberkt also said. "He was injured and has been taken into custody." "The man threatened with a knife and the military police shot him," spokesman Stan Verberkt confirmed. "He was injured and has been taken into custody."
The immediate area around the incident was closed to the public, but the airport was functioning normally, he said. The terminal has resumed its work. The motives and the condition of the suspect remain unknown, but local media report that he had been acting aggressively and broke a window. So far, no evidence has been revealed that the incident is terrorism-related.
The area immediately surrounding the incident was closed to the public, but the airport was functioning normally, Verberkt said.
The airport terminal was also momentarily evacuated, while trains to and from Schiphol were cancelled, local media reported. Passengers have since been allowed inside, while trains are back running again.
Air traffic was unaffected.
A video purporting to show the man being carried away on a stretcher has emerged on social media.
While the Netherlands has avoided the kind of mass-casualty terrorist incidents which have plagued other parts of Europe in recent years, there have been smaller attacks such as the 2004 assassination of filmmaker Theo Van Gogh by an Islamist extremist for his short film Submission, which was critical of violence against women in some Muslim countries.