Amsterdam knife attacker who injured 2 Americans suspected of having 'terrorist motive,' prosecutors say

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A man who stabbed five people in Amsterdam last week, including two Americans, likely had a "terrorist motive," Dutch prosecutors announced Tuesday. 

The suspect, identified by police as a 30-year-old Ukrainian from the Donetsk region, according to Reuters, was taken into custody Thursday after a bystander reportedly overpowered him. 

"The man is suspected of five counts of attempted murder or manslaughter with a terrorist motive," the news agency quoted prosecutors as saying Tuesday. 

Authorities identified the victims of the shopping district stabbing spree as a 69-year-old man and 67-year-old woman from the...

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