<p> man with a firearm walked into an Apple store in central Amsterdam late Tuesday and was holding one or more people, hostage, police said, adding that they had ringed the area.</p>.<p>"There is an ongoing hostage situation at the Apple Store at Leidseplein at the moment," the city police force said on Twitter.</p>.<p>"To ensure the safety of all people involved we are not able to share information about the situation and/or actions taken by the police.</p>.<p>"We would like to ask all public to stay away from the site so the police can focus on dealing with the situation," they said.</p>.<p>Police said there were several special units deployed to "get the situation under control", adding that they had been alerted of an armed robbery at 5:40 pm (1640 GMT) which had rapidly transformed into a hostage situation.</p>.<p>They were monitoring images circulating on social media which would eventually be used in an investigation, they added.</p>.<p>Tim Wagemakers, an independent journalist who was in a nearby building, tweeted that there were heavily armed police at the site.</p>.<p>That building has since been evacuated.</p>.<p>Images on social media showed a gunman holding an unarmed man at gunpoint, local media reported. Several witnesses heard gunshots inside the Apple Store, according to the AT5 outlet.</p>.<p><strong>Watch the latest DH Videos here:</strong></p>
<p> man with a firearm walked into an Apple store in central Amsterdam late Tuesday and was holding one or more people, hostage, police said, adding that they had ringed the area.</p>.<p>"There is an ongoing hostage situation at the Apple Store at Leidseplein at the moment," the city police force said on Twitter.</p>.<p>"To ensure the safety of all people involved we are not able to share information about the situation and/or actions taken by the police.</p>.<p>"We would like to ask all public to stay away from the site so the police can focus on dealing with the situation," they said.</p>.<p>Police said there were several special units deployed to "get the situation under control", adding that they had been alerted of an armed robbery at 5:40 pm (1640 GMT) which had rapidly transformed into a hostage situation.</p>.<p>They were monitoring images circulating on social media which would eventually be used in an investigation, they added.</p>.<p>Tim Wagemakers, an independent journalist who was in a nearby building, tweeted that there were heavily armed police at the site.</p>.<p>That building has since been evacuated.</p>.<p>Images on social media showed a gunman holding an unarmed man at gunpoint, local media reported. Several witnesses heard gunshots inside the Apple Store, according to the AT5 outlet.</p>.<p><strong>Watch the latest DH Videos here:</strong></p>