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Hardened agents DSI only used in extreme situations

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AMSTERDAM – The hostage situation on Leidseplein grew into news that was followed far beyond the national borders. Eyes around the world were on the dangerous situation that ended in the collision of the armed hostage-taker after the hostage suddenly ran away outside. A look back at a nerve-racking evening, with a decisive role for the Special Interventions Service, the police team that is only deployed in extreme situations. “You can be trained so well, have trained so much, no one is prepared for this.”