Inter Visual Studio Police on the corner of Rokin and Dam
NOS News•today, 7:29 PM•Adjusted today, 8:53 PM
The Rokin metro station, near Dam Square in Amsterdam, has been reopened. The police confirmed this X. Early this evening, the metro station was evacuated and the nearby area was cordoned off for hours due to what the police said was a “suspicious situation”.
According to a spokesperson, the police had received information about possible explosives in the metro station. “We take such signals very seriously,” the spokesperson said. “That’s why we decided to evacuate the station.”
The police deployed the Explosives Reconnaissance Team to investigate the situation on site. The investigation has now been completed. Nothing suspicious was found.
As part of the investigation, the police distributed the description of a man via Burgernet:
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Because the man in question has not yet been found, the citizen network campaign is still ongoing. People who see him are advised not to approach him themselves.
According to a NOS editor on site, the area between Dam Square and Muntplein was cordoned off for a while, a distance of about 700 meters. A police helicopter was also in the air for some time.
There was also a police presence at shops in the nearby Kalverstraat. Several large businesses were still open in that busy shopping street when the police investigated. Streets and alleys between Kalverstraat and Rokin were also closed.
Traffic in the center of Amsterdam was disrupted by the cordon. The North/South metro line temporarily did not run under the center, but shuttled between the Amsterdam North and Central Station stations. The Amsterdam carrier GVB reported just before 8:30 PM that metro 52 on the North-South line and the trams that stop at the Rokin stop are running their usual routes again.
Images of the police deployment around Rokin:
Major police action in the center of Amsterdam, metro station evacuated
2024-03-31 18:53:59
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