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The incident happened at the Johanna Westerdijkplein in the center of the city at around 3.30pm local time. Police issued a statement on Twitter confirming the suspect had been known to them.
Footage shared by local news site Regio15 shows armed officers rushing towards the scene.
The area has been sealed off and the wounded have been taken to hospital. The extent of victims' injuries is not yet known, according to local reports.
One witness told De Telegraaf that the attacker entered a cafe and struck the first victim before attacking two others outside the premises.
How does that Shakespeare line go:
Something is rotten in the state of Denmark definition
A line from the play Hamlet, by William Shakespeare. An officer of the palace guard says this after the ghost of the dead king appears, walking over the palace walls. Note : “Something is rotten in the state of Denmark” is used to describe corruption or a situation in which something is wrong.
Could this be the basis for such and attack. there is something rotten in the Hague, it is no longer a court of freedom and democracy, but is in the dying throes empire