Gunman enters Dutch TV station, demands to go on air

‘A gun-wielding man broke into the building of NOS, the national broadcaster of the Netherlands, entering the studio control room and demanding air-time. Police quickly apprehended the man, whose motives are still unknown.

It is unclear what the well-dressed armed young man wanted to say on air, but the video broadcast on Dutch TV showed him walking around the studio and warning that “the things that are going to be said (pause) those are very large world affairs.”

“We were hired by the security service,” added the man, who was carrying a pistol fitted with a silencer.’

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