Two French tourists aged 22 and 27 were injured in the hands by stab wounds overnight from Sunday to Monday in the famous Red Light District of Amsterdam, according to the police.
“The suspect fled. We have not found
him anymore ,” a police spokesman told AFP.
No information was given on the motive of the suspect, but the two victims intend to file a complaint, according to the spokesman.
The knife attack took place around 3:00 a.m. local time (01:00 GMT), on the Oudekerksplein (old church square in French, located in the heart of the Red Light District), said the police, who said they were called by a witness.
“Two people were injured in the hands.
One of the two was treated on the spot and the other was transferred to the hospital
,” said the spokesperson.
Crime on the rise
Located in the heart of the city, a stone's throw from the central station, the area known as the Wallen (Red Light District) is one of Amsterdam's greatest tourist attractions.
If it had suffered the full brunt of the health crisis, it was particularly crowded this Easter weekend, reported the daily
Het Parool,
according to which many people were there at the time of the events.
Due to the rise in local crime and the crowds of young party tourists, the area was once dubbed the
"square mile of misery"
by the police.
In order to calm the unrest and stem the crime, the local authorities even considered moving the prostitutes to a location in the suburbs to preserve this historic district, but most of the people working there demanded less drastic measures.
