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Dutch Hostage Drama Ends Peacefully with Suspect’s Arrest

A man (C) is detained by the Special Intervention Service (DSI) of the Dutch National Police Corps outside a cafe in the center of Ede, the Netherlands, 30 March 2024. A hostage situation took place in the center of Ede on 30 March. EPA/REMKO DE WAAL
A man (C) is detained by the Special Intervention Service (DSI) of the Dutch National Police Corps outside a cafe in the center of Ede, the Netherlands, 30 March 2024. A hostage situation took place in the center of Ede on 30 March. EPA/REMKO DE WAAL
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Dutch Hostage Drama Ends Peacefully with Suspect’s Arrest

A man (C) is detained by the Special Intervention Service (DSI) of the Dutch National Police Corps outside a cafe in the center of Ede, the Netherlands, 30 March 2024. A hostage situation took place in the center of Ede on 30 March. EPA/REMKO DE WAAL
A man (C) is detained by the Special Intervention Service (DSI) of the Dutch National Police Corps outside a cafe in the center of Ede, the Netherlands, 30 March 2024. A hostage situation took place in the center of Ede on 30 March. EPA/REMKO DE WAAL

A hostage drama at a nightclub in the eastern Netherlands ended peacefully after several hours on Saturday with the arrest of a suspect - a man wearing a balaclava mask who exited the building and surrendered to police.
"The last hostage has just been released. One person has been arrested," a police statement said. "We cannot share more information at this time."
Several people, including employees, had been taken hostage at the Cafe Petticoat in the town of Ede early on Saturday morning. The motive was unclear but police had said there was no indication of a terrorist motive.
The suspect walked out of the club, put his hands behind his head and got to his knees before being handcuffed by police, a Reuters video journalist at the scene said.
Police explosives units had been deployed to the building in the town center. Streets in the area had been evacuated and trains cancelled to the town, nearly 80 km (50 miles) from Amsterdam.
National newspaper de Telegraaf had reported, citing several anonymous sources, that the hostage-taker had weapons and explosives.

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The UN nuclear watchdog said Israeli strikes on Wednesday destroyed two buildings making centrifuge components for Iran's nuclear program near Tehran, while Iran said it fired hypersonic missiles as the arch foes traded fire for a sixth day.

Hours after US President Donald Trump demanded Iran's surrender, supreme leader Ali Khamenei vowed his country would show "no mercy" towards Israel's leadership.

Khamenei, in power since 1989 and the final arbiter of all matters of state in Iran, was to deliver a televised speech Wednesday.

Trump insists the United States has played no part in ally Israel's bombing campaign, but also warned his patience was wearing thin.

The long-range blitz began Friday, when Israel launched a massive bombing campaign that prompted Iran to respond with missiles and drones.

After the Israeli military issued a warning for civilians to leave one district of Tehran for their safety, Israeli warplanes hit the capital early Wednesday.

"More than 50 Israeli Air Force fighter jets... carried out a series of air strikes in the Tehran area over the past few hours," the Israeli military said, adding that several weapons manufacturing facilities were hit.

"As part of the broad effort to disrupt Iran's nuclear weapons development program, a centrifuge production facility in Tehran was targeted."

Centrifuges are vital for uranium enrichment, the sensitive process that can produce fuel for reactors or, in highly extended form, the core of a nuclear warhead.

The strikes destroyed two buildings making centrifuge components for Iran's nuclear program in Karaj, a satellite city of Tehran, the International Atomic Energy Agency said Wednesday.

In another strike on a site in Tehran, "one building was hit where advanced centrifuge rotors were manufactured and tested", the agency added in a post on X.

After a prolonged shadow war, Israel said its surprise air campaign was aimed at preventing Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons -- an ambition Tehran denies.

The UN nuclear watchdog said there appeared to have been "direct impacts on the underground enrichment halls" at Iran's Natanz facility.

Israel has maintained ambiguity regarding its own atomic activities, but the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) says it has 90 nuclear warheads.

The conflict derailed a running series of nuclear talks between Tehran and Washington, with Iran saying after the start of Israel's campaign that it would not negotiate with the United States while under attack.

French President Emmanuel Macron said Trump had a critical role to play in restarting diplomacy with Iran, where any attempts at "regime change" would bring "chaos".