Netherlands: Those taken hostage this morning have been released

At midday, this Saturday March 30, the Dutch police announced that all the people held hostage this morning à Ade, in the center of the Netherlands, had been released. The suspect was arrested. arrested. No terrorist motivation has yet been identified. claimed.

Fear à Ede, in the Netherlands, this Saturday morning. The Dutch police had indicated around 10:30 a.m., that a hostage-taking was underway in a building in the city center.

In this town located in the heart of the Netherlands, the anti-riot police and explosives experts were mobilized. At midday, this Saturday, March 30, all the people held against their will were arrested. have been released, announced Dutch authorities, specifying that the suspect was also arrested. arrested, reports BFMTV.​​​​​​

No terrorist motivation claimed

If the recent bloody attack that occurred near Moscow, in Russia and killing 143 people, is present in people's minds, the Dutch law enforcement announced that there was at the moment no sign of a "terrorist motivation".

The Netherlands have regularly been in the lead. targeted by a series of attacks and terrorist plots, recalls BFMTV. However, never again. on the scale of what other European countries, such as France or Great Britain, have suffered. In 2019, the Dutch wereé bruised by a shooting on a tram in the city of Utrecht, which left four people dead. The same year, the Dutch police charged him with two jihadists suspected of having planned a terrorist attack involving the intervention of suicide bombers and car bombs. Before that, a man had stabbed a man. two tourists &agrav; Amsterdam, in 2018, to, according to the terrorist, "protect the Prophet Muhammad".