Bobby Boermans’ Netflix crime thriller film, iHostage, is centered around a shocking true incident that took place some three years ago on February 22, 2022, in Leidseplein, one of the prime locations in Central Amsterdam famous for its buzzing nightlife. At around 5:30 in the evening, the police control room received information about a possible robbery. A 27-year-old Amsterdammer, Abdel Rahman Akkad, armed with a machine pistol and a handgun, took around 70 people hostage inside an Apple Store located on the ground floor of the Hirsch building. As soon as the customers heard of the robbery, chaos ensued and people standing near the entrance quickly fled the store. Those who couldn’t access the front gates hid themselves in different locations just to protect themselves from the assailant.

Abdel Died In The Hospital

Some eleven minutes later, at 5:41 pm, a police car arrived at the scene, and Abdel fired at them four times; thankfully,...