THE HAGUE: A man with a firearm who held several people hostage at Apple’s flagship store in central Amsterdam was overpowered late Tuesday after a siege lasting several hours, police said, adding that the last of the hostages had been freed.
Police had deployed several special units to “get the situation under control” after being alerted of an armed robbery at 5.40pm (1640 GMT) which had rapidly transformed into a hostage situation.
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