Overview
- Justice Ministry officials said the incident is over, the two employees are safe and the suspect is back under control, with aftercare being arranged.
- The hostage-taking occurred on Unit 3 of the Penitentiary Psychiatric Center at PI Vught, and authorities clarified it did not take place in the EBI.
- Special police teams including the DSI were deployed, and after prolonged negotiations the suspect released the employees and surrendered.
- Multiple outlets report the suspect is Corné H., previously convicted in 2024 for a hostage case in Ede and sentenced to nine months in prison plus TBS, which officials have not formally confirmed.
- The lockdown affected hundreds of detainees, staff, construction workers and at least one volunteer for hours, and DJI says the priority now is restoring calm as State Secretary Arno Rutte thanked responders.