Several people were taken hostage on Saturday in a town in the center of the Netherlands, police announced, adding that houses had been evacuated and the city center closed.
“A hostage-taking involving several people is underway in a building in the center of the town of Ede
,” police said in a statement published on the social network X.
There is currently no sign of a
“terrorist motivation
,” said the Dutch police, who responded to X in a press release after
“many questions about the motive.”