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"When police approached the ma, he fled. Officers fired a warning shot but the man tried to stab bystanders as he ran away and police shot him," he said.
The man then fell into a canal near the museum and was pronounced dead by the time police retrieved him from the water.
Zinsmeyer said the suspect had not yet been identified and his motives were unknown.
He said although a terror attack could not be ruled out, it was unlikely. The incident was being investigated.
As in other countries, Dutch police have been on high alert since a series of Islamist attacks left 17 people dead in Paris earlier this month.
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The man then fell into a canal near the museum and was pronounced dead by the time police retrieved him from the water.
Zinsmeyer said the suspect had not yet been identified and his motives were unknown.
He said although a terror attack could not be ruled out, it was unlikely. The incident was being investigated.
As in other countries, Dutch police have been on high alert since a series of Islamist attacks left 17 people dead in Paris earlier this month.
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