VIDEO: Armed man storms Dutch public television NOS, gets arrested by police

A disturbing incident emerged in the Netherlands Thursday evening when a gunman broke in a studio of the Dutch TV station NOS (Nederlandse Omroep Stichting aka Dutch Broadcast Foundation), interrupting the evening news and demanding to show up live on television (scroll down to watch the video).

At 20.00 local time, the NOS news broadcast was disrupted by a message stating: “Given the circumstances, no program is available at this time.”

The headquarters of the Dutch television in Hilversum was evacuated till the arrival of law enforcement forces. When coming up against the police, the suspect dropped the weapon and raised his hands. He was quickly arrested and according to local media nobody was injured in the incident.

Two out of the three national television news channels were taken off the air during the incident. The NOS news were redirected to air on NPO 1, and showed a still image asking viewers to patiently wait as the news could not be delivered. Furthermore, NPO 2 went dark as well displaying no image or just some graphics.

The motive behind man’s intrusion is yet unknown. The NOS footage shows him saying: “The things that are going to be said [pause] – those are very large world affairs. We were hired by the security service.”

The invader is reportedly Tarik Zahzah, aged 19, who was born in the city of Zoetermeer, the region of South Holland. He lives currently in the small town of Pijnacker near The Hague. He is being held on suspicion of making a threat, weapons possession and taking a hostage.

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A reporter who spoke to the man said he had claimed to be from a “hackers’ collective”, AP news agency says.

When the channel got back on air, it released a video of the gunman moving back and forth inside the studio before being overpowered by police forces.

Video: Gunman detained inside studio of Dutch news broadcaster NOS

Dutch police arrests armed guy at NOS public television in Hilversum