Man who locked himself in train bathroom arrested by Dutch police

Dutch police have arrested a man who had locked himself inside a toilet aboard a Thalys train at Rotterdam central station, Dutch reports say.

                          Police initially negotiated with the man locked in a toilet aboard the train

Amsterdam (Reuters): The train, operated by Thalys, is the same line on which an armed man suspected of planning an Islamist militant attack was subdued by passengers in northern France in August.

In Rotterdam, live Dutch television footage showed the man, looking dishevelled, being removed from the train and escorted away.

Earlier police ordered everyone off the Paris-bound train and evacuated seven station platforms.

Police said via Twitter that the train and several platforms had been cleared as a precautionary measure. "There is no information that the man had any weapon," police tweeted.

Train operator Thalys said police had the situation "under control" and passengers were not at risk.

Rotterdam police could not immediately comment on the man's identity or whether he will face any criminal charge

It is not yet clear who the arrested man is nor why he acted as he did. Last month passengers overpowered a gunman aboard an Amsterdam-Paris Thalys train in northern France.