A hostage drama at a nightclub in the eastern Netherlands ended on Saturday when police arrested a man wearing a balaclava mask after he exited the club.
\n\u201cThe last hostage has just been released. One person has been arrested,\u201d a police statement said. \u201cWe cannot share more information at this time.\u201d
\nJournalists at the scene said a man left the nightclub with his hands in the air and was detained and put in a police vehicle.
\nSpecial police units had been deployed to the scene, a building in the centre of the town of Ede, to deal with a hostage situation, police said on social media.
\nThere was no indication of a terrorist motive, police said earlier.
\nPeople were held at the nightclub by a man with weapons and explosives, national newspaper de Telegraaf had reported, citing several anonymous sources.
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