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| In the Netherlands, unknown persons took hostages in a cafe | ||
| 2024-03-31 | ||
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [Regnum] Several people were taken hostage in the city of Ede in the eastern Netherlands. The Netherlands Broadcasting Corporation ( NOS ) reported this on March 30. It is noted that unknown persons took people hostage in a popular cafe in the city center. Nothing is yet known about the number of captured people and about the invaders themselves. Several police and special forces units were sent to the scene. Residents of 150 houses located nearby were evacuated. As IA Regnum previously reported, in January in the German city of Ulm in the federal state of Baden-Württemberg, an unknown person took four people hostage in a Starbucks cafe. It was also reported that an armed man took employees of a Procter & Gamble plant in Istanbul hostage. The attacker was allegedly protesting against events in the Gaza Strip by taking hostages. More from regnum.ru In the Netherlands, a suspect was detained in holding hostages in Ede Police in the Dutch city of Ede have detained one suspect in hostage-taking. The local police reported this on the social network X on March 30. “One person was detained,” the message said. It is noted that two more hostages were released. As Regnum reported, on the afternoon of March 30, several people were taken hostage in the city of Ede in the eastern Netherlands. It was noted that unknown persons took people hostage in a popular cafe in the city center. No information was provided about the number of captured people or the invaders themselves. Several police and special forces units were sent to the scene. Residents of 150 houses located nearby were evacuated. It later became known that the police released three hostages who were held in the cafe.
"The last hostage has just been released. One person has been arrested," a police statement said. "We cannot share more information at this time." Several people, including employees, had been taken hostage at the Cafe Petticoat in the town of Ede early on Saturday morning. The motive was unclear. Officials said at a news briefing that the suspect, who was previously known to police, had threatened the hostages with knives. There was no indication of a terrorist motive, police have said. The suspect walked out of the club, put his hands behind his head and got to his knees before being handcuffed by police, a Rooters video journalist at the scene said. Police explosives units had been deployed to the building in the town center. Streets in the area had been evacuated and trains canceled to the town, nearly 80 kilometers (50 miles) from Amsterdam.
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| Posted by:badanov |
| #1 The Nederland Times makes it sound like the man was mentally ill rather than a jihadi. The 28 year old man from Ede “looked lifeless, like a doll.” |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2024-03-31 19:11 |