Скачать или смотреть Police say multiple people are being held hostage in a Dutch town

(30 Mar 2024)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Ede, Netherlands - 30 March 2024
1. Various of firefighters, onlookers and media gathered near scene
2. Various of scene, police and firefighters gathered outside pub where there is a reported hostage situation
3. Police officers arriving at scene
4. Person talking on phone behind police tape
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Simen Klok, police spokesperson:
"Well there's a hostage situation here, well in the street here in Ede. And well we are investigating what is exactly going on at this moment and it's not possible to tell you all the details because of the safety of all the people. We cannot share a lot of information."
6. Wide of scene
STORYLINE:
Heavily armed police cordoned off part of a Dutch town on Saturday, saying that multiple people were being held hostage in a building there.

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

Earlier, police evacuated 150 homes near a central square in the town of Ede, saying that there was a person in the area "who could be a danger to themself or others.”

Footage from the scene in Ede, a rural market town 85 kilometres (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 centre of Ede would remain closed.

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