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Images of police and ambulances outside of the Apple store in central Amsterdam after an armed assailant held people hostage in the building. The seige ended hours after it began, with the armed assailant under arrest, Dutch police said. IMAGES
Police officers and ambulances are present outside Sydney's Westfield Bondi Junction mall, where "multiple people" were stabbed according to reports received by the Australian police. IMAGES
Images showing Ede's city centre cordoned off and emergency services deployed following the hostage situation. Authorities evacuated the centre of the town, located in central Netherlands, early in the morning after several people were held at Cafe Petticoat. Three of the hostages being held in the cafe have been released, police said, but did not yet sound the all-clear. IMAGES
Police and military respond to a hostage crisis in the western Ukrainian city of Lutsk, where an armed man carrying explosives has taken around 20 people hostage in a bus. The head of the local police service said shots were heard at the scene but no injuries have been reported so far. IMAGES
German police said Monday that they had subdued and detained a man who took a woman hostage in a pharmacy in Cologne's central train station. IMAGES from the scene
Supporters of Zambian President Lungu hold a rally in Lusaka during a tense presidential race, which has been marked by clashes between rival supporters. The presidential election will take place on Thursday. IMAGES.