Amsterdam hostage taker dies of injuries in hospital: prosecutors

The man who took hostages in an Apple store in Amsterdam has died from his injuries in hospital, after being hit by a police car as he tried to flee the scene. — AP Photo

A 27-year-old man who held several people hostage at an Apple store on a busy Amsterdam square has died in hospital from his injuries, Dutch prosecutors said late Wednesday.

The man, said to be a resident of the Dutch capital, entered the Apple store on Leidseplein armed with two guns, sparking a tense five-hour-long ordeal on Tuesday.