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hostage situation

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Belgian police: A police station in Liège, Belgium
Crime
Dutch woman abducted in Liege; Held hostage for €100,000 ransom
24 March 2026 - 08:01
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Closed-off area in Ede where the hostage-taking took place, Dec. 10, 2024.
HealthCrime
Lawyers go to court to get psychiatric treatment for man who held Ede café hostage
2 February 2026 - 10:03
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Closed-off area in Ede where the hostage-taking took place, Dec. 10, 2024.
Crime
Vught prison hostage suspect identified as same man who held Ede café staff in 2024
7 December 2025 - 09:15
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The entrance to the Vught Penitentiary Institution, including the ultra-secure EBI prison ward. Feb. 2024
Crime
Vught prison hostage situation unfolds: Suspect convicted in Ede cafe hostage incident
5 December 2025 - 17:50
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Police at the scene of a hostage situation at the Apple Store in Amsterdam. 22 Feb. 2022
CrimeCultureEntertainment
Dutch film iHostage has been streamed 58 million times on Netflix
18 July 2025 - 22:00
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Musician S10 in a video announcing she will represent the Netherlands at Eurovision 2022. December 2021
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Singer S10's twin critically hurt in fall from A'dam flat after alleged hostage taking
24 April 2025 - 12:00
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Closed-off area in Ede where the hostage-taking took place, Dec. 10, 2024.
Crime
Court orders Ede café hostage-taker to indefinite psychiatric ward, but no prison time
24 December 2024 - 15:40
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A bulletproof and stab-resistant vest worn by Dutch police officers. November 2023
Crime
Two men arrested for holding woman hostage in Rotterdam home
9 August 2024 - 09:01
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A German police car.
Crime
Dutch drug gang reportedly invovled in hostage situation in Germany
10 July 2024 - 11:10
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Closed-off area in Ede where the hostage-taking took place, Dec. 10, 2024.
Crime
Ede café hostage-taker apologizes; Pleaded for better mental healthcare before incident
9 July 2024 - 15:53
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Suspects wanted for taking a man hostage in Amsterdam after arranging a date with him on a dating site and robbing him of 23,000 euros, May 2024
Crime
Online dating scam: Man held hostage for multiple days in Amsterdam
29 May 2024 - 12:50
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Closed-off area in Ede where the hostage-taking took place, Dec. 10, 2024.
CrimeBusiness
Reopening of the café of the Ede hostage-taking a great success
7 April 2024 - 10:05
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Closed-off area in Ede where the hostage-taking took place, Dec. 10, 2024.
CrimeCulture
Café of Ede hostage-taking reopens on Saturday
6 April 2024 - 08:53
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Closed-off area in Ede where the hostage-taking took place, Dec. 10, 2024.
Crime
Ede hostage-taker also threatened police; Attorneys: He could not get psychological help
2 April 2024 - 17:59
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File photo of the penitentiary on Copernicusstraat in Heerhugowaard, Noord-Holland
CrimeWeird
Detainee holds two others hostage for several hours at Heerhugowaard prison
2 April 2024 - 14:44
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Closed-off area in Ede where the hostage-taking took place, Dec. 10, 2024.
Crime
Motive in Ede hostage situation unknown; Victims appeal for privacy
1 April 2024 - 11:03
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Handcuffs
Crime
Eindhoven man, woman arrested for abducting someone in a business conflict
29 February 2024 - 16:10
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Abdel Rahman A., in camouflage, with a man he held hostage in the Apple Store in Amsterdam. 23 Feb. 2022
CrimeCultureEntertainment
Amsterdam Apple Store hostage taker wore bodycam all night; Video in new documentary
13 February 2024 - 07:00
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Police at the scene of a hostage situation at the Apple Store in Amsterdam. 22 Feb. 2022
CultureEntertainment
Netflix working on movie of Apple Store hostage situation in Amsterdam
5 February 2024 - 12:50
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A police officer at a crime scene in 2020
Crime
Police find multiple hostages in Sittard after discovering naked, bound man on street
15 June 2023 - 11:10
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Jail
Crime
Man in custody for holding Frenchman hostage in Rotterdam bathroom
22 September 2022 - 16:40
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Amsterdam Hero Pins awarded to five hostages in the Apple Store hostage crisis
Politics
Amsterdam gives Hero's Pin to Apple Store hostage, four others
1 April 2022 - 10:30
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Abdel Rahman A., in camouflage, with a man he held hostage in the Apple Store in Amsterdam. 23 Feb. 2022
Crime
Apple Store hostage-taker dies from injuries after being struck by police car
23 February 2022 - 22:43
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Police at the scene of a hostage situation at the Apple Store in Amsterdam. 22 Feb. 2022
Crime
Apple Store kidnapper had explosives; Hostage is a Bulgarian man, 44
23 February 2022 - 11:39
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