The police received a report just before 00:30 that the man entered the snackbar on Lange Jansstraat and pulled out a knife. He then took money from the cash register. A staff member confronted the man, kept him calm, and in the meantime, the police were called. Officers arrived within a few minutes and managed to arrest the man in the snackbar without any issues. The knife that the suspect had discarded was found and seized.