GERMANY: Police entered a bank today and rescued two hostages from a locked room.

Regional police said they were alerted to the situation at the Volksbank branch in the Rhine valley town of Sinzig near Koblenz, at about 9am.

Shortly before 3pm, special forces entered the bank and freed two people unhurt from the room but found no hostage-takers.

NETHERLANDS: A bomb pushed through a letter box exploded at the party headquarters of Dutch Prime Minister Rob Jetten on Thursday. No-one was hurt.

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