The stabbing took place at the level of the Nova Café and Lounge, in the vicinity of the Haagse Hogeschool. According to the police, the perpetrator is a well-known, confused man.

He walked into the Nova Café and struck the first victim ‘about five times’. That is what a bystander tells De Telegraaf. Then the man would have walked outside where he stabbed two more people.

I saw a guest who was mad about people. Even someone on the bike was put out of nowhere. We first thought that he was beating people, but then we saw that the victims were bleeding, “says Max who lives in the apartment building at the Fijnjekade in The Hague.

Arrest

Several bystanders have seen the scene. “He went in and just stabbed someone. Then he went out and stabbed other people, “says a Hagenaar.

The perpetrator was eventually stabbed in the leg by the police. According to residents, he was then still being titrated because he refused to let go of the knife. Meanwhile, a video of the moment is circulating on Twitter.

Zo zag de omgeving eruit vlak nadat de verwarde man om zich heen stak in #DenHaag. Meer op https://t.co/rgn1QnQzo9 pic.twitter.com/AUYkZoGv6K — Redactie Regio15.nl (@regio15) May 5, 2018

De politie stelt sporen veilig. Op deze plek zou een fietser zijn neergestoken door een man in Den Haag pic.twitter.com/SrYvIsS6u4 — Gerda Frankenhuis (@gfrankenhuis) May 5, 2018

Several residents ran outside with towels to help the victims. “They were stabbed in their necks. They reacted but were pretty injured, “says Max. The victims were transferred to the hospital. The police investigation is still in full swing.

The police have largely disposed of the environment and are conducting research. Residents of a large complex on a quay, close to where the stabbing was, are not allowed to enter or leave their homes. The environment is covered with ribbons.