THE HAGUE, May 21 – Two people were killed and two police officers injured in a stabbing incident in Hoofddorp, a town in the province of North Holland, the Netherlands, on Wednesday morning, according to a statement from Dutch police.
The police received a report of a brawl in a house around 6:05 a.m. local time in Hoofddorp. Later, police officers found two individuals “involved in a violent incident.” Both died at the scene.
During the incident, the police fired gunshots. Two officers were injured and hospitalized for treatment.
It remains unclear exactly what happened. An investigation into the “fatal stabbing incident” is underway. Dutch National Criminal Investigation Department has opened an inquiry into the police’s use of force, a standard procedure in cases involving serious injury or death.
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