Police say multiple people are being held hostage in a Dutch town. They have evacuated nearby homes

Heavily armed police in Ede, Netherlands, cordoned off a part of town due to a hostage situation. Multiple people were being held hostage in a building, with 150 homes evacuated. The police declined to give details but said there was a person who could be a danger. All shops in the center of Ede were closed.

Heavily armed police cordoned off part of a Dutch town on Saturday, saying that multiple people were being held hostage in a building there. Police spokesman Simon Klok told The Associated Press people were being held hostage in Ede but he declined to give more details of the incident or say how many people were involved.

Earlier, police evacuated 150 homes near a central square in the town of Ede, saying that there was a person in the area ''who could be a danger to themself or others." Images from the scene in Ede, a rural market town 85 kilometers (53 miles) southeast of Amsterdam, showed police and firefighters on the streets in a cordoned-off area.

The municipality said that all shops in the center of Ede would remain closed.

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