Hostage-taking at a cafe in the Netherlands

Netherlands. The city of Ede. It became known that an unknown masked man took hostages in a local cafe.

It is known that three of the five hostages police managed to free. This was reported by the press service of the police in X.

In the morning the police received a report that an unknown masked man took hostages in a cafe.

The attacker at the same time stated that he had a bag containing explosives.

Local law enforcers said that the situation is serious, but there are no signs of a terrorist attack.

According to media reports, the man had five people as hostages, but the number has not been officially confirmed.

It is likely that the owner of the establishment and an employee are still in the cafe.