Dutch police performance in Amsterdam goes all over the world: ‘Hats off, in Germany the suspect had received a hug’ | Inland

Members of the Arrest Team at Leidseplein in the center of Amsterdam.

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Amsterdam – The bizarre armed hostage taking in the Apple Store in Amsterdam has spread all over the world. The response on social media and in foreign media is mainly to the actions of the Dutch police, who managed to end the hostage situation by hitting the hostage-taker with a police car. “Here in Germany, the hostage-taker had been given a hug and an apple strudel.”