The hostage-taking, during which a man was held in a shop and threatened with a gun, lasted several hours. The perpetrator has now succumbed to his injuries in a hospital.
Amsterdam – After the kidnapping in an Apple store in Amsterdam, the perpetrator died of his serious injuries. This was announced by the public prosecutor.
The 27-year-old Dutchman was overpowered by the police on Tuesday evening and injured. He had previously held a man, heavily armed, for hours in the computer shop in the city center and threatened to blow himself up. The perpetrator was overpowered late in the evening while pursuing the escaped hostage outside the store. A police car hit him.
The man had been hospitalized. He succumbed to his injuries there on Wednesday evening. The Amsterdamer, who had multiple convictions, had demanded 200 million euros in cryptocurrencies. Investigators found explosives in his clothes. According to the police, however, it was not a live bomb. The hostage was unharmed, and about 70 people who were in the store during the robbery were freed unharmed. dpa
