A knifeman who was tackled by a hero British tourist in Amsterdam acted with terrorist intent and likely would have stabbed more victims, Dutch public prosecutors have said.
Thursday’s knife rampage sparked panic in the the Dutch capital after a 30-year-old from Donetsk, in eastern Ukraine, carried out a seemingly random knifing attack around the streets of Dam Square.
The attacker will remain in custody for at least two more weeks, suspected of ‘five counts of attempted murder or manslaughter with a terrorist intent’, prosecutors said in a statement.
No mention of the flavour of the knifeman’s “terrorist intent”.
