Amsterdam Apple Store hostage taker asked for €200mil in cryptocurrency


This picture shows a bullet impact on the shop window of the Apple's flagship store in central Amsterdam on Feb 23, 2022 the day after a man with a firearm who held several people hostage in the store was overpowered after a siege lasting several hours. — AFP

THE HAGUE: A man who held several people hostage at an Apple store in Amsterdam demanded €200mil (RM949.69mil) in cryptocurrency before he was taken to hospital “seriously injured”, police said on Feb 23.

The man, identified as a 27-year-old from Amsterdam, entered the Apple store carrying a firearm in the busy Leidseplein neighbourhood late Tuesday afternoon, sparking a tense five-hour long ordeal.

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