A man threatening with a weapon, the police cleaning homes in Hulsberg

Police removed a man with disturbed behavior from his home in Hulsberg, Limburg, on Sunday night. The man threatened to use a weapon. As a precaution, local residents had to leave their homes.

The police received a report of the situation on Nieuwenhuysstraat in Hulsberg at around 3pm and acted immediately.

Due to the dangerous situation, an arbiter was sent in and an arrest team was called in. As a precaution, local residents were forced to leave their homes temporarily. After hours without contact with the man, a SWAT team finally entered the home.

A man is found injured

The man was found injured and taken to hospital by ambulance. He was later arrested and transferred to a mental health facility.