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NY Post
New York Post
30 Mar 2024


NextImg:3 people being held hostage in Dutch town released; police say ‘situation is not over’

Dutch police say that three people who were being held hostage in a nightclub in the central town of Ede have been released, but they add that the “situation is not over.”

Gelderland Police announced the hostage release in a message on X, formerly Twitter. They gave no further details about whether more hostages remained in the club.

Police spokesman Simen Klok told The Associated Press people were being held hostage in the town of Ede but he declined to give more details of the incident or say how many people were involved.

Heavily armed police have cordoned off part of a Dutch town and say that multiple people are being held hostage in a building there. It is unclear how many people are being held. AP
Firefighters gather in Eden, Netherlands where multiple people are being held hostage in a building on March 30, 2024.
Firefighters gather in Eden, Netherlands where multiple people are being held hostage in a building on March 30, 2024. AP

Police said in a message on X, formerly Twitter, that “at the moment there is no indication of a terrorist motive.”

The hostages were being held in Cafe Petticoat, a popular bar and nightclub in Ede, according to an AP videographer at the scene.

Earlier, officers evacuated 150 homes near a central square, saying that there was a person in the area “who could be a danger to themself or others.”

Images from the scene in Ede, a rural market town 53 miles southeast of Amsterdam, showed police and firefighters on the streets in a cordoned-off area.

The municipality said that all shops in the center of Ede would remain closed.