The suspect arrested for the hostage-taking in the Petticoat café in Ede is a 28-year-old resident of this town in Gelderland, the police announced on Saturday. It had previously become known that the alleged hostage-taker had already been convicted of threatening behavior last year. However, nothing has yet been revealed about the hostage-taker's motives, but the police stated there is no indication of a terrorist motive.
The police arrested a 20-year-old man from Ede in connection with a fatal shooting from December 2023 in Arnhem. Politie houdt verdachte aan voor dodelijk schietincident in de nacht van 10 op 11 december in Arnhem. Hierbij kwam een 31-jarige man uit Velp om het leven. https://t.co/jqVXU5B4Xx ^AM
An underage boy was seriously injured in the village of Doornspijk in the province of Gelderland on Friday morning due to an incident involving illegal fireworks, according to a police report released on Friday. Omroep Gelderland reported that he may have lost his hand. Another boy also involved in the incident was injured.
An Arnhem resident died in a large fire in a house on John Lennonstraat in Arnhem-Zuid on Friday night, the Gelderland police reported. According to the AD, the fire broke out at around 1.30 a.m. Just under half an hour later, the fire department upgraded the fire to a "medium-sized fire". Due to the intensity of the fire, the fire department scaled up and deployed two fire engines and an aerial work platform.
A confused man scared many motorists on the A1 near Wilp, Gelderland, on Sunday. Bare-chested, the man jumped in front of cars, which eventually led to a traffic accident.