Overview
- Officers were dispatched around 14:00 to Boerhaavestraat, where a man threatened people from his window with a samurai sword.
- The Team Parate Eenheid arrived with a police negotiator who attempted to engage the man in conversation.
- After the threat escalated, officers held the man at gunpoint and then used a Taser and a police dog to arrest him.
- The man reportedly said he would surrender if police dogs were removed, a demand officers did not accept.
- Following a medical check, the suspect was taken to a police station and the sword was confiscated.