Dutch Public Broadcaster: Gunmen attack apartment in Ghent, Belgium

[fruxodaily]

[QUOTE]In the Belgian city of Ghent four armed men invaded an apartment complex. The police confirmed to Belgian media that it is a hostage. [QUOTE]
Police confirm: armed hostage busy set to Dampoort, perimeter, Intervention federal road, soon intervention #gent

- Bert Staes (bertstaes) December 15, 2014

[/QUOTE]The complex is in the Pilorijnstraat near the train station Dampoort. Local residents were asked to stay indoors, and streets are deposited above the orbits near a police helicopter.[/QUOTE]

[URL]http://nos.nl/artikel/2009089-gewapende-mannen-vallen-appartementencomplex-gent-binnen.html[/URL]

Only this and 5 tweets right now, site is in dutch

[editline]15th December 2014[/editline]

[QUOTE]Armed men enter Belgian apartment

Four armed men have entered a flat in the Belgian city of Ghent and police have sealed off the surrounding area.[/QUOTE]

[URL]http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-30478231?ns_mchannel=social&ns_campaign=bbc_breaking&ns_source=twitter&ns_linkname=news_central[/URL]

[deltasquid]

Uh-oh. On the day of our national strike, too. Probably unrelated, but shit has happened for less important stuff in the past.

[Siemz]

Fast-translation of the article :
[QUOTE]In de Belgische stad Gent zijn vier gewapende mannen een appartementencomplex binnengedrongen. De politie bevestigde tegen een plaatselijke journalist dat het om een gijzeling gaat.

De korpschef van Gent hield tegenover nieuwszender VTM een slag om de arm: "Het is nog te vroeg om te spreken van een gijzeling", zegt korpschef Rasschaert. "Er is informatie dat er een gijzeling bezig zou kunnen zijn, en daarom nemen we het zekere voor het onzekere."

Het complex staat in de Pilorijnstraat in de buurt van het treinstation Gent Dampoort. Buurtbewoners is gevraagd binnen te blijven, straten zijn afgezet en boven de buurt cirkelt een politiehelikopter.

Volgens Belgische media bereidt de politie "een interventie" voor. [/QUOTE]

Comes down that in the Belgium city "Gent" 4 armed men went into an apartment, police has confirmed [I](to a local journalist) [/I]that it is an hostage-situation.
While said to a local news show (VTM) ''It's to early to speak of a hostage sittuation''.
[B]''There is information that it[I] could[/I] be a hostage-sittuation''[/B]
The police issaid to be preparing an intervention, everyone near is asked to stay indoors and all the streets/roads are closed. A police helicopter is circling above the area.

[editline]15th December 2014[/editline]

PS:
NOS is our local news in the Netherlands, so it's a very trustful source.

[Taipan]

Holy shit, friends of mine live on the Pilorijnstraat.

[shodan]

[QUOTE=fruxodaily;46716722][URL]http://nos.nl/artikel/2009089-gewapende-mannen-vallen-appartementencomplex-gent-binnen.html[/URL]

Only this and 5 tweets right now, site is in dutch[/QUOTE]

I could translate it into English if you want. The Dutch public broadcast news is pretty much as unbiased as it gets most of the time. It's an excellent source.

[Satansick]

Hostage situations never work out for the criminals.

[KGS]

[QUOTE=taipan;46716827]Holy shit, friends of mine live on the Pilorijnstraat.[/QUOTE]

One of my sisters lives there as well atm. It's scary to think that this could have happened at her place.

[Breny]

It turned out to be fake, some student called it in as a prank.

[junker154]

[QUOTE=Breny;46718843]It turned out to be fake, some student called it in as a prank.[/QUOTE]

I don't know why anyone would fake such a story, let alone after the recent incident in Sydney. This is mostly unwise and the person should be put on trial. If this is the truth.

[faris11]

[QUOTE=Mega1mpact;46716836]I could translate it into English if you want. The Dutch public broadcast news is pretty much as unbiased as it gets most of the time. It's an excellent source.[/QUOTE]

uhm..no

[Elexar]

The hostage situation was resolved in the evening of the same day.

And yes, NOS is the most reliable & unbiased source. The [I]most[/I] unbiased, not [I]fully[/I] unbiased. Every news source leans to right or left wing, but NOS manages to stay pretty neutral most of the time.
Besides, they don't blatantly copy 'news' from tweets either - they verify first. That's why they're rarely first with the news, but once NOS publishes it the whole Netherlands know it's truth.