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Teen in police custody after storming into Dutch media with fake pistol

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A 19-year-old gunman who stormed into the headquarters of Dutch national broadcaster NOS demanding TV airtime Thursday night Jan. 29, 2015, is shown on video as he waits at the TV station broadcast studio in Hilversum, Netherlands.

THE HAGUE, Netherlands » A 19-year-old student carrying a fake pistol who forced his way into the Dutch national broadcaster and demanded airtime is in custody as police investigate his motives.

Prosecutors and police have not identified the man who was seen pacing around a TV studio at the NOS broadcaster’s headquarters in the city of Hilversum Thursday night holding what appeared to be a pistol with silencer. However, Dutch media widely reported his name as Tarik Z., a student at the Delft Technical University.

The incident did not appear to have links to Islamic terror. In a statement issued in the early hours of Friday, Minister for Security and Justice Ivo Opstelten said initial investigations suggested the teenager was acting alone.

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