Car ploughs into pedestrians outside Amsterdam Centraal train station -UPDATED

  11 June 2017    Read: 1370
Car ploughs into pedestrians outside Amsterdam Centraal train station -UPDATED
A car has ploughed into pedestrians outside Amsterdam's Centraal station, injuring at least eight - two seriously.

The incident occurred at around 9pm local time in the heart of the Dutch capital.
Dutch police tweeted that the driver: 'Did not seem to go deliberately but was incapacitated'

Officers were on the scene immediately, and quickly pulled the man from the car and arrested him.

Paramedics quickly swarmed the scene to tend to the wounded.

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10/06/2017
23:46

A car has ploughed into pedestrians outside Amsterdam's Centraal station, injuring at least five.

Police have said that at least five people were injured in the incident, which happened in the heart of Amsterdam.

Two were taken to hospital.

According to Dutch police the motorists was parked where he was not allowed to be.

As he was approached by officers he sped off and crashed into a crowd of people.

The driver has been arrested. It is not known if the incident is terror-related.

The square, which is a hub for tourists visiting the city, was sealed off by police.

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