Before he was apprehended by Amsterdam police, the suspect concerned in Tuesday’s Apple Store hostage state of affairs demanded a €200 million (roughly $226 million) ransom paid in cryptocurrencies, Reuters reported on Wednesday. Police say they’ve but to determine a motive for the 27-year-old gunman, whose id they didn’t share. What we all know is that he was a resident of town and had a prison report earlier than the occasion. He was additionally carrying explosives on his individual on the time of his arrest.
The gunman was apprehended after his hostage fled the constructing when a police robotic delivered water to the entrance of the shop. Police used a squad automotive to knock him down, inflicting him critical accidents. On Wednesday, he died of the accidents he sustained in his arrest. “The hostage performed a heroic function by forcing a breakthrough,” in line with Amsterdam police chief Frank Pauw. “He acted in a split-second. Had he not accomplished that, we may have been in for an extended, nasty evening.”
According to Engadget’s analysis, Wednesday’s incident wasn’t the primary time somebody demanded a ransom paid in cryptocurrency to finish a hostage state of affairs. In 2017, kidnappers in Ukraine launched an worker from a cryptocurrency change after their demand for a ransom paid in Bitcoin (valued at $1 million on the time) was met.