At least three teenagers were wounded on Friday after a knife-wielding man went on a stabbing spree in the main shopping street of The Hague.

Dutch police are hunting for the perpetrator after the attack near the Hudson Bay department store, which was packed with shoppers for a Black Friday sale, a police source told the Telegraph.

The three victims were released from hospital late on Friday night, and were being questioned by police.

"All three victims of the stabbing incident in Grote Marktstraat are minors. We are in contact with their families," The Hague police said on Twitter. The police did not give their ages.

A police spokesman said there is "no direct evidence to suspect terrorist attack" but added "we are keeping an open mind and looking at all possibilities".

Marije Kuiper, police spokeswoman, said no arrest has yet been made, but an urgent search is taking place.

"An extensive manhunt is still underway for a man who stabbed three people and escaped by running into Hudson Bay department store," the police said.

They said that the store has an exit into a pedestrian street, which was crowded with Black Friday shoppers, and the attacker managed to escape.

The knife used in the attack was found on Friday night, thrown into a plant container.