Dutch police have detained a man who walked out of a nightclub where hostages were being held after an hours-long standoff.

“The last hostage has just been released. One person was arrested, we cannot give more information at the moment,” police said in a message on X.

The man walked out of the club before being ordered by armed police to kneel with his hands on his head. He was then handcuffed before being put in a police car.

Heavily armed police earlier cordoned off part of the Dutch town but said “there is no indication of a terrorist motive”.

The hostages were held in Cafe Petticoat, a popular bar and nightclub in Ede, according to an AP videographer at the scene.

Police evacuated 150 homes near a central square in the town, saying there was a person in the area “who could be a danger to themself or others”.

Images from the scene in Ede, a rural market town 53 miles south east of Amsterdam, showed police and firefighters on the streets in a cordoned-off area.

The municipality said that all shops in the centre of Ede would remain closed.