Four people who were held in a bar for hours are free. A large police force cordoned off the area in the center of the city.
150 apartments were evacuated. There are no signs of a terrorist motive and no further details were initially disclosed. The hostage-taking lasted several hours in the city of Ede, in the province of Gelderland, the Dutch police said. The last hostage has just been released. A man was taken away from the scene in Ede.