Man with cocked crossbow arrested on Schiphol train platform | Abroad

The Marechaussee suddenly received a report on Sunday about a man with a crossbow, who would be walking on track 2 in the station of the national airport.

According to a spokesman for the police force, an employee of the Dutch Railways had already “heroically” knocked the crossbow out of the hands of the man when the Marechaussees arrived on the scene. They eventually overpowered the man and took him away in handcuffs.

“There was some commotion on the platform, because other people were also present,” says the spokesperson. According to him, the situation was threatening enough to immediately take the man into custody.

Why he walked around with a cocked crossbow is not yet known. Further research is being done.

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