Dutch police said on Tuesday evening they had ended a hostage situation in an Apple flagship store in Amsterdam, where a man with a gun held at least one person hostage for hours.
Police said the hostage taker was arrested after he ran out of the building at the central Leidseplein square, shortly after 10:30 p.m. .
"We managed to end the situation by hitting the hostage taker with a car when he ran outside," police said in a tweet, adding that the man was being treated for his injuries.Images circulating on social media showed two people running out of the Apple store and one of them being hit by an unmarked car, flying over the hood from the impact. The images could not be immediately verified by Reuters.
Police reported an incident at a shop at the square shortly after 6 p.m. and a large number of forces took up position around the Apple store. Police confirmed reports of a hostage situation, clearing the usually crowded square at the south side of Amsterdam's centre and urging people in the area to stay indoors.
Images on social media showed a man in a camouflage outfit brandishing what looked like a gun and holding another man hostage inside the Apple store.Police did not give any details about the hostage taker or the cause of the incident.Reporting by Toby Sterling, Bart Meijer, Stephanie van den Berg and Benoit Van Overstraeten; Editing by Franklin Paul, Mark Heinrich and Richard Pullin
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