At least five peo­ple were wound­ed in a stab­bing in Am­s­ter­dam on Thurs­day, po­lice said. One per­son was ar­rest­ed.

The stab­bing hap­pened near Dam Square in the cen­tral part of the Dutch city. Po­lice cor­doned off the area and mul­ti­ple am­bu­lances and a trau­ma he­li­copter re­spond­ed.

When asked about a pos­si­ble mo­tive, Am­s­ter­dam po­lice spokesper­son Es­ther Izaks told The As­so­ci­at­ed Press that “it’s too ear­ly to tell.”

The area is a pop­u­lar tourist des­ti­na­tion and vis­i­tors could still be seen on the top of the near­by Nieuwe Kerk, or New Church. Near­by pub­lic trans­porta­tion has been halt­ed.

Po­lice urged peo­ple who may have wit­nessed the stab­bing to come for­ward with any im­ages that could as­sist in the in­ves­ti­ga­tion. No fur­ther de­tails were im­me­di­ate­ly avail­able.

Lo­cal me­dia re­port­ed that a city coun­cil meet­ing in­volv­ing Am­s­ter­dam May­or Femke Halse­ma was in­ter­rupt­ed be­cause of the stab­bing.

AM­S­TER­DAM (AP)