Dutch TV studio taken over by armed intruder; Arrest made [photos, video]

Doug P. | 3:48 PM on January 29, 2015

Armed man enters Dutch public TV building, demands "air time". Main TVnews cancelled. Acc 2 NOS: Journalists escape bldg, culprit arrested.

— Harald Doornbos (@HaraldDoornbos) January 29, 2015

There were some tense moments at the Dutch news station NOS when a man with a gun entered the studio and reportedly demanded air time:

PHOTO: Gunman enters Dutch TV station demanding airtime; people evacuated (Via @chabiera01) http://t.co/TqOmhtEM1Z pic.twitter.com/2gQgOtQEw6

— RT (@RT_com) January 29, 2015

Armed intruder here with gun behind his back in Dutch TV studio. Sounds nuts but then again all such actions are pic.twitter.com/Pgf32WTqfT

— Ferry Biedermann (@ferrybiedermann) January 29, 2015

Dutch TV now running film of gunman… #Hilversum pic.twitter.com/qZcWNZFlNw

— anna holligan ? (@annaholligan) January 29, 2015

Armed man at DutchTV carried letter. Weird stuff. "There r 5 plus 98 hackers ready for cyber attack" http://t.co/uXC11x3HPz (v @Afrikaleeuw)

— Harald Doornbos (@HaraldDoornbos) January 29, 2015

https://twitter.com/SasTheHague/status/560897959253278720

Video of the moment police made the arrest: