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Two stabbing incidents in Dutch city Maastricht, one dead, several injured

Xinhua,December 15, 2017 Adjust font size:

THE HAGUE, Dec. 14 (Xinhua) -- During two stabbing incidents in Maastricht, in the southern Dutch province of Limburg, one person was killed and several injured, local media reported on Thursday.

One person was stabbed to death at around 9 p.m. local time at the Botsaart street in the Malpertuis district, while the second stabbing took place a few hundred meters away at the Joseph Postme street in the Caberg district, newspaper De Limburger reported.

The police did not find out yet if there is a connection between the two incidents. Both crime locations are investigated by the police. Enditem