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Welcome to a special holiday edition of the lead.

I'm Erica Hill in for Jake Tapper and we begin with Breaking News in our world lead.

Three people injured in another stabbing attack this one in a busy shopping

district in the Netherlands according to police who are now asking for help

from the public the new attack coming just hours after a different stabbing in the heart of London

that attack has left two people dead the suspect killed by police they are also

calling that attack in London an act of terrorism.

Let's begin with CNN's Bianca Nobila who is covering the Netherlands

attack.

So Bianca, what do we know at this hour?

At the moment all we know is that an attack happened on Friday evening in the

Hague in the Netherlands. This is obviously the key city. It's the seat of the Dutch

Parliament. It's also the where the International Criminal Court is based. The city itself has a population of around half a million,

and this was a particularly busy evening,

as you may be able to see from some of the pictures.

It is the Black Friday sale.

There were plenty of Christmas shoppers out there on the street and from

what we understand the attack happened within a department store on Big

Market Street. We understand that three people have been injured, they've been

stabbed and we're still waiting to hear more details

from the police. As of yet, they haven't given us a motive, but they have said that the situation

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