Two men, one of them wearing a mask, leave a bar in a city It's fromEastern Netherlands, where they held several people hostage since dawn. They both walked out with their hands in the air. One of the men was handcuffed by the police.
Reuters wrote that by late morning all the hostages had been released. Authorities said police evacuated 150 homes in the area surrounding the site of the attack.
Several special units were sent to the site and police asked residents not to approach the area.
The incident occurred in a building in the city center. The Dutch newspaper reported that in a local bar called Petticoattelegraph, citing several anonymous sources. The main suspect was A The man who entered the bar this morning is allegedly armed and in possession of explosives.
Hey petticoat Stay in Niue Stationstraat – In the literal translation into Portuguese, Rua da Nova Estação – he was about to close the doors when the man entered the establishment, took hostages, and threatened to blow himself up. The bar owner was not present at the site and confirmed that some employees were in the building.
The alert was issued at 6am, two hours after the usual closing time for the pub, which no longer had any customers at that time. The bar hosted an event this evening with Dutch music and Technique.
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