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  • Man Suspected Of Holding 4 Hostages For Hours In A Dutch Nightclub Arrested | world news

    NETHERLANDS: Dutch police detained a man Saturday after he left a nightclub where four people had been held hostage for hours, bringing a peaceful end to a tense standoff. “We are exceptionally happy that it ended this way. That the victims came out safely and that we were able to arrest this suspect without using violence,” said Marthyne Kunst, head of the regional public prosecutor’s office.

    There was no immediate word on a motive, but police and prosecutors said they did not believe it was a terrorist incident. Police said the hostage-taker was armed with knives, and a backpack he carried was being examined to establish if it contained explosives.

    The hostage-taking in the central Dutch market town of Ede, 85 kilometers (53 miles) southeast of Amsterdam, ended around midday when a man walked out of the Cafe Petticoat club and was ordered by armed police to kneel with his hands on his head. . He was then handcuffed before being led into a waiting police car.

    Kunst told reporters that the man was known to law enforcement authorities and had previously been convicted of threatening behavior. She gave no further details, citing privacy and the ongoing investigation.

    The suspect’s identity was not released. Ede Mayor René Verhulst said he was a Dutch citizen.

    Authorities also released no details about the four hostages.

    Verhulst said that after an emotionally charged morning, “everything is fine. The hostage-taker is arrested by the police and they are now speaking to him. And the hostages are free, they are very emotional.”

    Earlier, three young hostages walked out of the club with their hands above their heads. A fourth person was released shortly before the suspect was arrested. The hostages were all workers at the club.

    Heavily armed police and special arrest teams, some wearing masks, had gathered outside the popular club. Some 150 nearby homes were evacuated and trains did not stop at the town’s station.

  • Dutch citizen leads way in Indore, takes first dose of Covishield

    By Express News Service
    BHOPAL: At a time, when many Indians are still hesitant to take the COVID-19 vaccine, a Dutch national has set an example by taking the first jab of the Serum Institute of India’s Covishield vaccine in Indore.

    The 49-year-old Danny Haberer, a Dutch national hailing from the capital city of Amsterdam, took the first jab of the Covishield vaccine at the Shyama Prasad Mukerjee Community Hall in Indore on May 11.

    “I’m a Dutch national, but I have been staying for six months in Indore, where I run a software company. I’ve been coming to India since last six years. I’ve been waiting to get the vaccine jab after registering on the COWIN app and finally got it now,” Danny said on Wednesday.

    The Dutch national said he doesn’t doubt the efficacy of vaccines.

    “Had I been home in the Netherlands, I would have taken the same vaccine as it is essential to break the chain of the deadly viral infection. I have been in India during the first and the second wave as well. But there was no vaccine during the first wave and now there is one. The new strains of the original virus are making the spread more vigorous and deadly, which is why vaccination is inevitable,” he maintained after getting the jab.

    “I appeal to people in India not to hesitate in taking the jabs and don’t believe in any rumours or myths being spread about the vaccines,” he said.

  • CG pottery festival receive good response

    A pottery festival organised recently at Raipur’s Barai Para witnessed people basking in the traditional art form of the state. Porters across Chhattisgarh took part in the three-day festival which also beckoned foreign tourists from The Netherlands and Belgium. At the exhibition, the porters displayed some of the oldest forms of potteries which were sold to the patrons in attractive prices. One of the organisers of the event Dr Avinash Shukla said, “Such festivals are important to celebrate as it highlights the native art forms such as pottery which makes Chhattisgarh a unique state.” Interestingly, visitors also learned the traditional art of pottery right at the haat.