The alleged theft later changed into a hostage scenario, based on Dutch public broadcaster NOS.

Netherlands:

A person with a firearm walked into an Apple retailer in central Amsterdam late Tuesday and was holding a number of individuals hostage, police stated, including that they’d ringed the realm.

“There is an ongoing hostage situation at the Apple Store at Leidseplein at the moment,” the town police pressure stated on Twitter.

“To ensure the safety of all people involved we are not able to share information about the situation and/or actions taken by the police. 

“We want to ask all public to avoid the location so the police can concentrate on coping with the scenario,” they said.

Police said there were several special units deployed to “get the scenario beneath management”, including that they’d been alerted of an armed theft at 5:40 pm (1640 GMT) which had quickly remodeled right into a hostage scenario.

They have been monitoring pictures circulating on social media which might ultimately be utilized in an investigation, they added.

Tim Wagemakers, an unbiased journalist who was in a close-by constructing, tweeted that there have been closely armed police on the website.

That constructing has since been evacuated.

Images on social media confirmed a gunman holding an unarmed man at gunpoint, native media reported. Several witnesses heard gunshots contained in the Apple Store, based on the AT5 outlet.

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