Update

The man that was arrested at gunpoint in front of the window of my office yesterday was apparently a Belgian fugitive. He was currently serving a sentance of 12 years for shooting a police officer, plus another 27 for armed robbery.

He escaped jail by holding a guard hostage and stealing his uniform on Sunday evening. He then escaped on a helicopter. He then made his way into The Hague, robbed a bank, and was chased into the area my work is. He tried to run into the CabFab building, but was (thankfully!) stopped by locked doors. Because this part of The Hague is a maze of industrial properties, factories and canals, it's a dead end. He was eventually cornered by the police and arrested in front of our studio window.

This is a link to a Dutch news site which describes what I've written above. The photos that are on the site were taken with a mobile phone from one of the employees at another studio. It is the exact view I had of the incident.

CabFab is buzzing this morning. Bizarre.

PS: Happy Halloween! It's not really celebrated here, which makes me sad. The attitude is that putting on a costume to get drunk is stupid and commercial. Well, if you put it that way . . .