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Police fire bean bag rounds to arrest disturbed man on restaurant roof near Central Station

Police fire bean bag rounds to arrest disturbed man on restaurant roof near Central Station

Police in Amsterdam used beanbag rounds to apprehend a confused man who had climbed onto a restaurant roof at Stationsplein near Central Station early Thursday morning. An arrest team safely removed the man using a fire ladder around 6:00 AM after cordoning off a section of the square for several hours.

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