Police in the Netherlands say a knife-wielding assailant has seriously wounded five people in a stabbing attack in Amsterdam before he was taken into custody.

Five people were injured, including two Americans, in a "serious" stabbing attack that occurred in broad daylight in Amsterdam's city center on Thursday, police said. The suspected assailant is in custody and a motive remains under investigation into what authorities are considering might have been a random attack, police said.

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Dutch police say at least 5 people wounded in a stabbing in central Amsterdam. A pilot and his two young daughters survived on the wing of a plane for about 12 hours after it crashed and was partially submerged in an icy Alaska lake, then were rescued after being spotted by a good Samaritan.