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Rotterdam train evacuated in alert as man locked in toilet Rotterdam train alert: Man held after passengers evacuated
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Dutch police in Rotterdam have ordered everyone off a Paris-bound train because a man has locked himself inside a toilet on board. Dutch police have arrested a man who had locked himself inside a toilet aboard a Thalys train at Rotterdam central station, Dutch reports say.
Train operator Thalys said "security forces have (the) situation under control" and there is "no risk for our passengers" at the central station. Earlier police ordered everyone off the Paris-bound train and evacuated seven station platforms.
Reports on Twitter say platforms have also been evacuated. Train operator Thalys said police had the situation "under control" and passengers were not at risk.
Last month passengers overpowered a gunman aboard an Amsterdam-Paris Thalys train in northern France.Last month passengers overpowered a gunman aboard an Amsterdam-Paris Thalys train in northern France.
It is not yet clear who the arrested man is nor why he acted as he did.
One passenger tweeted that the man had jumped aboard the train just before it began leaving.