## Tarik Zahzah

On 29 January 2015, a young man with a gun in his hand walked into the building of Dutch public broadcaster NOS in the Media Park in Hilversum. He handed a letter to the doorman in which he demanded air time so that he could warn the nation of a dangerous conspiracy. Five minutes later, the young man, whose name was Tarik Zahzah, was overpowered and arrested by the police.

Who was Tarik? What signs were there that he was planning to carry out this action? In this last exercise of the three practice-oriented modules, we challenge you to try to identify – without prior information – every possible indicator of alarming behaviour.

All of these options come directly from Tarik’s life. And each one on its own is relatively innocuous, although there are two indicators in particular that could have prompted a talk. Click on the link below to read Tarik’s life story and see for yourself just how ordinary he seems.

Background on Tarik Zahzah​