150 homes evacuated due to hostage situation in Ede, people should stay indoors

Police are asking the public to avoid the city center of Ede on Saturday morning because of an incident. "Stay inside and don't come to watch," the police wrote on X. It is possible that the incident involves a person who poses a danger to himself and the surrounding area, a police spokesman said.

Whether the person is armed is unclear, but the spokesperson said the situation is "definitely serious". As a result, the police evacuated around 150 homes due to the incident.

The report came in around 6.05 a.m. from Café Petticoat on Nieuwe Stationsstraat. Since then, the police have set up several cordons and are present in the center of Ede with several special units. According to sources from De Gelderlander, there is a hostage situation in the café that could involve weapons and/or explosives.

The evacuated residents will be accommodated in the town hall on Bergstraat, a municipal spokesperson said. Coffee and tea have been arranged for them.

According to De Gelderlander, a particularly large number of police officers are also deployed around the Museumplein. Furthermore, the newspaper reported that the special intervention service (DSI) is on site. According to Omroep Gelderland, the riot police have closed the city center.

Due to the police operation, no trains are running between Barneveld Zuid and Ede-Wageningen. NS reported on its website that this will last until around 11.30 am, the Gelderlander wrote.