Amsterdam police have shot dead a man who waved a gun at them outside the central bank offices at around 7.15pm on Wednesday evening.

The victim is said to be a 31-year-old local. A passerby was also injured in the incident. Police have not yet said if the man fired shots at police but in total, 14 shots can be heard on a video taken by an eyewitness.

Op deze foto is te zien dat er bij De Nederlandse Bank een man is neergeschoten, een omstander spreekt over twintig schotenhttps://t.co/oR0E51XY0S pic.twitter.com/CWq6WhBTGX

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A spokesman for the central bank said there is no apparent connection between the shooting and the location of the bank.

Soon after the shooting, a car was stopped by a police arrest team at a petrol station on the Gooiseweg in Amsterdam. The people in the car were arrested. The Parool said it is not known if there is any connection between the arrests and the central bank shooting.

IJburg

Shortly before midnight there was another shooting incident in Dutch capital, this time in the IJburg residential area.

There an eyewitness walking his dog saw two men on a moped fire several shots at another man before driving off. The 43-year-old victim survived the attack and police are appealing for witnesses.

10 meter voor Mn ogen, schietpartij #ijburg #georgesliekerkade tijdens doggiewalk. Slachtoffer meerdere keren geraakt. Daders op scooter weggereden. Heftige shizzle. Een duidelijk signalement doorgegeven. pic.twitter.com/wA7HrGUDB6

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He was later identified as former professional footballer Yassine Abdellaoui who has played for Willem II, NAC Breda, Spanish club Rayo Vallecano, NEC and De Graafschap.

He later became involved in a long running court case involving laundering cash derived from the ecstasy trade but was finally found not guilty on appeal, 11 years after the case began, the Parool said.