Terrorist or hero - light is shed on TVP hold up incident

Friends of 22-years old Adrian M., who took a guard hostage in the building of Polish Television (TVP) in an attempt to get on the air on Sunday, argue that he did it to say what they also believed in, namely that jobs are won dishonestly across the country, while the law is created by those above it. Gazeta Wyborcza journalists who went to visit his hometown of Tomaszów Mazowiecki revealed this shocking news, as well as the fact that Adrian M. became the hero and celebrity of the city's youth. Moreover, it was revealed that the terrorist had no ammunition in his gas-gun. "The lack of bullets does not change the fact that on Sunday nobody knew about it and the threat seemed real," explained Sławomir Cisowski from Police Central Headquarters. The prosecutor accused the 22-year old man of taking a hostage and thr eatening to use physical violence against him, as well as illegal possession of a gun. This might mean Adrian M. might spend up to ten years in prison. (Gazeta Wyborcza, pp. 1, 3) M.M.