A HORROR video shows a man on fire after he is suspected of purposely blowing up his car in central Amsterdam.
The chilling clip shows the man stumbling around Dam Square as he and his pants burn in the shocking scenes in the middle of the busy area.
A red car could be seen on fire in Dam Square, Amsterdam
The man was doused with foam from fire extinguishers
The man was taken to hospital after he was on fire
Flames and smoke gushed from a small red car before firefighters turned up and extinguished the man and took him to hospital.
Police said the driver of the car was suspected of having caused the fire and had possibly done so on purpose.
No injuries were reported, but footage shared on social media showed a man walking around Dam Square with his pants on fire.
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.
After the car burned for some time, the man got out of the car and started burning it as he walked around.
A number of cops and ambulances showed up before they sprayed the visibly wounded man with fire extinguishers.
The crowd in the square watched on in horror as the fire spread from his pants to his shirt.
A local shopkeeper said they suspect that the man was carrying out a “suicide attack”.
They said: “He got out of the car, he was already completely on fire.
“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.”
The man could be seen lying on the ground in severe pain as he was doused with even more foam.
One witness said: “It sounded like an implosion, not a firework bang. A kind of underwater bang. Everyone started running.”
There appeared to be a pro-Palestine protest happening in Dam Square when the man caught fire.
Police said they had sealed off large parts of the square as explosives experts were investigating the car.
Last week, a man injured five people near Dam Square in a stabbing rampage.
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.
Footage showed the moment a Brit tourist chased and tackled down the twisted Amsterdam knifeman.
The tourist, since dubbed the “hero of the Dam”, pinned the knifeman with his knee after a daring pursuit captured on CCTV.
Witnesses said the attacker was overwhelmed by bystanders before officers arrived at the chaotic scene yesterday afternoon.
Cops say the suspect used multiple knives and selected his victims at random – but have yet to reveal a possible motive.
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Dam Square was roped off following the fire
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