EDE, Netherlands (AP) Dutch police detained a man Saturday after he left a nightclub where four people had been held hostage for hours, bringing a peaceful end to a tense standoff.

We are exceptionally happy that it ended this way. That the victims came out safely and that we were able to arrest this suspect without using violence, said Marthyne Kunst, head of the regional public prosecutors office.

There was no immediate word on a motive, but police and prosecutors said they did not believe it was a terrorist incident. Police said the hostage-taker was armed with knives, and a backpack he carried was being examined to establish if it contained explosives.