Dutch police indicate motive in stabbing of 2 American tourists

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — An Afghan asylum-seeker accused of stabbing two Americans in Amsterdam believes that Islam is insulted in the Netherlands, Dutch prosecutors said Monday, giving the first indication of why they think a “terrorist motive” was behind the attack.

The 19-year-old suspect is accused of stabbing the 38-year-old tourists Friday in an unprovoked at- tack after he arrived at Amsterdam’s Central Station on an international train.

The American men were not targeted because of their nationality, which the alleged attacker did not know, prosecutors said.

Earlier Monday, German authorities said the man had applied for asylum in Germany and was not considered a security threat there.