Armed Suspect Holds Hostage at Amsterdam Apple Store

Police vehicles cordon off a wide area in Amsterdam, where an armed person is holed up in the Apple Store with at least one hostage in an hours-long standoff with scores of police massed outside, in Amsterdam, on Feb. 22, 2022. Peter Dejong/AP Photo

AMSTERDAM—An hours-long hostage standoff at the Apple Store in Amsterdam ended late Tuesday with police in a car driving into the hostage taker as he ran from the store. His hostage was safe, police said.

“We can confirm that the hostage taker is out of the Apple Store,” police said in a tweet. “He is lying on the street and a robot is checking him for explosives. Armed police officers have him under control from a distance. The hostage is safe.”