Some Hostages Freed From Amsterdam Apple Retailer After Standoff

Amsterdam: Police cleared the sq. and requested neighbors to stay inside and never come outdoors to observe.

Amsterdam:

A number of individuals have been capable of go away an Apple retailer situated on a central sq. in Amsterdam, the place a person with a gun has taken a number of folks hostage, the Dutch police mentioned in Tuesday.

In a tweet, the Amsterdam police added it did not wish to elaborate for now on the state of affairs in and across the retailer.

Police cleared the sq. and requested neighbors to stay inside and never come outdoors to observe.

The Apple retailer is situated at one finish of the upscale Leidseplein, a sq. on the south facet of Amsterdam’s centre.

Photos circulating on social media present a person in camouflage pants and a black hoodie brandishing what appears like a gun holding one other man hostage contained in the Apple retailer.