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This is the moment armed Dutch cops overpowered a man who waved a knife in their faces while allegedly repeatedly shouting: "Allahu Akbar!"

The incident happened in Naaldwijk, a town in the Dutch province of South Holland, around 10km from The Hague on Monday but video has only just emerged.

It's since emerged that members of the man's family notified police as they were worried he would harm others or himself.

He was seen brandishing a knife close to a supermarket as police rushed to the scene.

According to bystanders he was screaming "Allahu Akbar".

The Public Prosecution Service told MirrorOnline that while they cannot confirm this they are investigating whether he had 'any terror links'.

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Officials also told Mirror Online the 28-year-old is originally from Syria but living in Sweden and was in the Netherlands visiting family.

In amateur footage captured by a driver, a man can be seen crouching by some bushes as cops slowly move in on him.

As the man stands up, knife in hand, the police fire what appear to be two warning shots having already wounded him with a previous shot.

The man simply shrugs his shoulders and refuses to drop his weapon.

An unmarked police car then arrives and a police dog handler approaches the knife-man. As the dog begins to maul the suspect, the cop delivers a right handed punch to his head.

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As more officers rush in, a melee ensues until an officer manages to get the suspect in a headlock and finally overpower him.

The knifeman was taken to a hospital and is said to be in a stable condition.

Officials said he "is not currently in a state to be questioned" but was arrested on suspicion of threatening with a knife.

The Public Prosecutors have announced that they will be investigating the man as well as the officers involved which is standard procedure when fire arms are deployed.

A 17-year-old witness named only as Aad said: "We heard shouts for him to drop his weapon, but he refused to do so."

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"Then suddenly he started to wave the knife around. Even when he sank to his knees he refused to drop the weapon."

This is not the first time a Syrian knifeman has been shot by Dutch cops this year.

In May, three people were stabbed in the Hague by a 32-year-old Syrian asylum seeker named Malek F as they celebrated the anniversary of the end of the Nazi occupation. He was also heard to be shouting "Allahu Akbar".