EDE (AP) – Dutch police have detained a man who walked out of an entertainment venue where hostages were being held after a tense hours-long standoff.
“The last hostage has just been released. One person was arrested, we cannot give more information at the moment,” police said in a message on X, formerly Twitter, yesterday. The man walked out of the place before being ordered by armed police to kneel with his hands on his head. He was then handcuffed before being led into a waiting police car.
Earlier yesterday, three people who were held hostage for hours in an entertainment venue in the central Dutch town of Ede were released. Gelderland Police announced the hostage release in a message on X . Heavily armed police and special arrest teams, some wearing masks, were massed outside the popular venue.
Video from the scene showed three young people walking out of the venue with their hands in the air following their release. Police said in a message on X, that “at the moment there is no indication of a terrorist motive”.
Officers cordoned off a square in central Ede and evacuated about 150 nearby homes. The hostages were being held in Cafe Petticoat, Ede, according to an AP videographer at the scene. Images from the scene in Ede, a rural market town 85 kilometres southeast of Amsterdam, showed police and firefighters on the streets.
The municipality said that all shops in the centre of Ede would remain closed while the situation continued. Trains to and from the town’s station also were halted.
