The Ukrainian suspect who stabbed five people in Amsterdam last week, including two Americans, likely had a "terrorist motive," Dutch prosecutors say.

The 30-year-old Ukrainian national arrested for stabbing five people in central Amsterdam last week is suspected of five attempted murders with terrorist intent, the public prosecution department said on Tuesday.

The man suspected of stabbing five people in the centre of Amsterdam is a 30-year-old Ukrainian national from the eastern Donetsk region largely controlled by Russia, Dutch police say.