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Horror footage showed the man suspected of blowing up his own car covered in foam at the Dam Square 7<\/p>\n A red car could be seen on fire in Dam Square, Amsterdam 7<\/p>\n The man was doused with foam from fire extinguishers 7<\/p>\n The man was taken to hospital after he was on fire<\/p>\n Flames and smoke gushed from the red hatchback before firefighters turned up and extinguished the man and took him to the hospital.<\/p>\n Police said the driver of the car was suspected of having caused the fire and had possibly done so on purpose. <\/p>\n No injuries were reported, but footage shared on social media showed a man walking around Dam Square with his pants on fire.<\/p>\n Cops said camera footage had shown that the fire was caused by an explosion, which happened among a crowd of people on the busy square.<\/p>\n After the car burned for some time, the man got out of the car and started burning it as he walked around.<\/p>\n A number of cops and ambulances showed up before they sprayed the visibly wounded man with fire extinguishers.<\/p>\n The crowd in the square watched on in horror as the fire spread from his pants to his shirt.<\/p>\n Cops have now arrested the man understood to be a 50-year-old Dutch national. <\/p>\n The cause behind the fire is not yet known. <\/p>\n Locals say they suspect that the man was carrying out a “suicide attack”. <\/p>\n Incredible moment hero pins Amsterdam knifeman who stabbed women in the back in \u2018random attack\u2019 on tourists injuring 5<\/p>\n A local security guard said: “He set himself on fire. I saw him get out of the car on fire.<\/p>\n “His pants were hanging around his ankles. He was stumbling around in his underpants. The fire brigade extinguished him. He was then taken away in an ambulance.”<\/p>\n Another shopkeeper added: “He got out of the car, he was already completely on fire.<\/p>\n “He had done this himself. You don’t get such a big fire from a cigarette falling into the car. It was really very intense to see.”\u00a0<\/p>\n The man could be seen lying on the ground in severe pain as he was doused with even more foam.<\/p>\n A third eyewitness said: “It sounded like an implosion, not a firework bang. A kind of underwater bang. Everyone started running.<\/p>\n “The man was still in it. It was quite unrealistic because he was on fire. <\/p>\n “He was in that burning car and climbed out himself and started walking around like crazy.”<\/p>\n There appeared to be a pro-Palestine protest happening in Dam Square when the man caught fire.<\/p>\n Police said they had sealed off large parts of the square as explosives experts were investigating the car.<\/p>\n Road and tram traffic in the area have come to a standstill. <\/p>\n Last week, a man injured five people near Dam Square<\/a> in a stabbing rampage.<\/p>\n Police identified the suspect in that incident as a 30-year-old Ukrainian national from the eastern Donetsk region, who prosecutors said had terrorist intent.<\/p>\n Footage showed the moment a Brit tourist chased and tackled down the twisted Amsterdam knifeman.<\/p>\n The tourist, since dubbed the \u201chero of the Dam\u201d, pinned the knifeman with his knee after a daring pursuit captured on CCTV.<\/p>\n Witnesses said the attacker was overwhelmed by bystanders before officers arrived at the chaotic scene yesterday afternoon.<\/p>\n The man is suspected of five attempted murders or manslaughter with a terrorist motive.<\/p>\n 7<\/p>\n The car was left a wreck after it burned in Dam SquareCredit: Rex 7<\/p>\n![\"Car](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Car.png\")
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