Amsterdam: ‘Hostage held at gunpoint’ at Apple shop

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    'Hostage held at gunpoint' at Apple store in Amsterdam

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    Local cops stated they ‘hit him as he ran out’ (Pictures: Getty/ AFP/EPA)

    At least one captive was ‘held at gunpoint’ inside an Apple Store in Amsterdam tonight.

    Alarming video footage on social networks revealed a hooded male appear to hold a weapon to somebody’s head on Tuesday.

    Witnesses at the scene declared to hear shooting, with one stating they needed to ‘run for my life’ as armed cops raced to the scene.

    A suspect was visited cops who ‘struck him [with a car] as he went out’ prior to examining him for dynamites.

    Amsterdam Police stated: ‘Violent images of that collision can be seen. We now know that the suspect had no explosives on his body and medical personnel are now taking care of him.’

    Dozens of other individuals got away the structure and neighboring dining establishments were left at 5.40 pm on Tuesday.

    The captive circumstance in the Leidseplein district concerned an end around 10 pm.

    epa09777342 A view of the hostage scene at the Apple Store on Leidseplein in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 22 February 2022. A man is being held at gunpoint by another man. The police are present en masse and the immediate area has been cordoned off. EPA/LAURENS BOSCH

    A hooded individual relatively held a weapon to somebody’s head (Picture: EPA)

    Police officers by a police vehicle near Leidseplein during an hostage situation in an Amsterdam's Apple Store on February 22, 2022. - A man with a firearm was in the vicinity of an Amsterdam shop, police in the Netherlands said February 22, 2022 adding that officers were at the scene said by local media to be an Apple store. (Photo by Laurens Bosch / ANP / AFP) / Netherlands OUT (Photo by LAURENS BOSCH/ANP/AFP via Getty Images)

    Officers by a police vehicle throughout the captive circumstance (Picture: ANP/AFP through Getty Images)

    An armed member of the DSI (Dutch Special Intervention Service) arrives at Leidseplein during an hostage situation in an Amsterdam's Apple Store on February 22, 2022. - A man with a firearm was in the vicinity of an Amsterdam shop, police in the Netherlands said February 22, 2022 adding that officers were at the scene said by local media to be an Apple store. (Photo by Joris van Gennip / ANP / AFP) / Netherlands OUT (Photo by JORIS VAN GENNIP/ANP/AFP via Getty Images)

    An armed member of the DSI (Dutch Special Intervention Service) reaches Leidseplein (Picture: ANP/AFP through Getty Images)

    AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS - FEBRUARY 22: Security forces take security measures around the store after armed robbers entered a technology store and took store employees hostage in Amsterdam, Netherlands on February 22, 2022. (Photo by Selman Aksunger/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

    The location was cordoned off on Tuesday night (Picture: Anadolu Agency through Getty Images)

    Those inside the shop have actually been required to a police headquarters for witness declarations and are being used victim assistance.

    One individual informed regional news channel AT5. ‘I was basing on the zebra crossing opposite the apple shop. An staff member left in panic with a walkie-talkie shouting: “Raid.”

    ‘At that moment the penny hadn’ t dropped yet and I will cross the zebra crossing opposite the entryway to the Apple shop. And that’s when I heard gunshots inside.’

    Officers previously validated ‘a lot of special units’ were on the scene ‘to get the situation under control.’

    In an upgrade, they included: ‘We are currently reluctant to provide information about the situation at the Apple Store on Leidseplein to avoid disrupting our investigation and operation.’

    Metro co.uk has actually gotten in touch with Apple for remark.

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