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Fucking hell.

- Go to Mummy. - Mummy.

Basil.

The hostage-takers have just released a hostage, a 6-year-old boy, professor.

Does that mean they are showing us they're human?

They aren't necessarily showing us they're humans.

Their intention may be to engender certain emotions among the general public

or the police but this isn't about their human side.

They are cognitively aware that children are an emotive issue...

THE DAY

OK, now take the second sports bags.

You'll see there are lots of little tubes in it.

What you have to do is quite simple. Take some money, roll it up, put it in a tube.

As much as will fit in there. And then screw the top on again.

Start with the big notes First 500, then 200, then 100, etc.

I'll tell you later what you have to do after that.

OK.

- Isn't that rather untidy for a bank. - What?

- That money in those bags like that. - It's not the bank's money.

Or I'd have known about it.

Plus we never have this much cash on the premises.

Jesus.

We are interrupting to bring you an extra news bulletin with only one headline.

In a new development in the hostage situation at a branch of Fides Bank

a first hostage has been released.

The hostage-takers have allowed a 6-year-old boy to leave.

He was in the bank with his sister and both were taken hostage.

His sister is still being held along with a number of bank employees.

Nothing is known about their...

What are you doing here?

- Didn't you have to work today? - No, I'm still off sick.

Could I... Could I spend a few nights at your place, please?

On the sofa?

- I know that it's... - That's what's most important?

Inge, I don't understand you. I really don't get how, at a time like this, you...

Karen, I need you.

Do you?

Well, I don't need you, Inge.

I did need you but I don't anymore.

Michael needs you now, not me.

If we have to get the safe open and roll up the money,

the others must be doing something too.

I don't know.

There's a vault room upstairs. Maybe...

Maybe Serge and Walter are having to do the same as us there. What d'you reckon?

Actually, I think those guys hadn't counted on...

My girlfriend works here too. But she's off sick.

She should have been here, instead of you.

Are you OK?

- Kristien, do we now know any more? - There's no more information at present

but the shot that was heard

apparently has nothing to do with events in the bank.

What happened there, Kristien? Can you tell us any more about that?

We are seeing images of an elderly man

being brought out of a house on the square.

Apparently it is a local resident who suffers from dementia

and who couldn't be evacuated earlier today for medical reasons.

- Shouldn't you go back to the factory? - No.

The officer in question was seriously injured.

He has just been rushed to hospital by ambulance

but nothing is known about his condition.

The elderly man and his wife were taken in for questioning by the police.

He is receiving medical care and psychological support.

- We need to talk about Freya again. - Not now.

How could this happen?

Well, the houses on the square were all evacuated early this morning

but the elderly couple couldn't be evacuated for medical reasons.

A bit later this morning...

I just think, now she has taken the first step and come home...

Not now, Claudine.

To watch one of the streets leading to the bank.

What did the two of you argue about?

Well, she...

- You don't have to talk about it, if you... - No, no. But she...

She's struggling with personal issues. I think that has a lot to do with it.

What kind of personal issues?

Depression.

My brother had depression too.

Did he?

How did he get over it?

- He didn't. - He didn't?

He committed suicide, 18 months ago.

OK, listen.

Michael, collect all the tubes that are ready and take them out into the corridor.

- And madam, what's your name? - Freya.

OK, Freya, pick up the loudspeaker and film Michael so we can follow everything.

- Like this? - Yes.

- And one man kicked too. - What did he kick?

The old man.

Which man was that, Basil?

That one.

Are you sure? They kicked that man?

When we've finished interviewing Basil then... you can stay, of course...

but I think it'd be a good idea if one or both of you took him home.

He'll deal with it all much better in familiar surroundings.

OK. And what do we say if he asks about what happened?

I think you should just keep him calm and be honest.

OK, let it fill up again. Take the next tube to the other toilet

- Oh, yeah, it's broken. - What?

- It's out of order. - Oh, fuck.

Hello?

Don't just stand there, carry on with the toilet that does work.

Fuck.

That's two toilets.

Six hours. It's going to take six hours.

- Six hours? - At a guess.

So much money. I never thought it would be that much.

We can't do that. We can't drag it out here for six hours, can we?

You based your calculation on 7 million but we don't know that, do we?

Hopefully, but we don't know.

How much money is in that safe?

- Exactly. - I don't know. I really don't.

So who does? Who does the accounts? Your wife?

It can't be Michael, he hasn't been here long enough. Nor has that Inge. So?

So?

Why don't you ask if Serge knows about that money?

Come on.

I'm losing my patience.

How much money is in that safe?

I've already told you, I don't know.

It's the first I've heard of the safe.

Go and count it yourself if it's so important. I don't know.

- Hey, no! - Three.

Three million. Approximately.

- Is that all of it? - Yes.

Hey, put some tape back over his mouth for when we call the cops.

No. I've searched everywhere three times, no flash drive.

OK. But if you don't know whether Walter took it last time or you did, then...

How long ago was that?

Yeah yeah, I know. But if we can't find it then...

If they what?

Listen to me. One, it's not going to come to that. And two...

Even if they come and turn this place or your place upside down,

if we can't find the flash drive, neither will they.

The first lot has gone.

Hello?

Come on, answer.

Fuck! Bloody cops.

How's it going there?

The last tube has been flushed.

OK, then go back to the storeroom and carry on.

With the next lot one person will come and flush them

while the other one carries on rolling.

I think that girl needs to go to the toilet.

Go on then.

Where is my brother?

We let your brother go, you heard we did.

We have just received images of the perimeter

showing the 6-year-old boy released this morning by the hostage-takers

leaving to go home. His release seems...

Sorry, say that again? Yes, Hawal. That's him.

I sent an email this morning about sacking him after that alarm last night but...

No, no, let's leave it. Yes. OK, fine.

That poor little boy.

It really is that Hawal. The security guard from last night.

Really?

I almost had him sacked.

Bank employees and possibly some customers are being held.

The building has now been surrounded but...

I think those guys know someone who used to work here.

- Why? - I just do.

They know the building too well. They know exactly where everything is,

except they didn't know one of the toilets was broken. And it has been for weeks.

So not someone who still works here?

I think so. I don't know.

I told you, no one near the bank. And what do you do? You put snipers everywhere.

We promised to stay out of the immediate vicinity

but we have to think of everyone's safety, OK?

That shot was an accident. An old man with dementia shot one of our men.

Is he still alive?

He's seriously injured.

Come on, there's no air in here. Is that really necessary?

I'm serious. Is it necessary?

I gave you a deadline, not a time frame.

Stop making excuses and fucking me about.

Sir, listen. We can't do it like this. I suggest you calm down for a moment

and then call me back when you have, OK?

Fuck.

What's the matter?

Someone has been seriously injured. A cop.

Some old fool with dementia shot a cop.

- It's not our fault. - Yeah.

It is not our fault!

You realize this is your fault, don't you?

Really, Serge? Not many people know what's in that safe.

What are you trying to say? I can't get into it, Walter.

I thought it had been empty for years. You said you'd stopped years ago.

- Do you realize that this...? - Hey hey hey.

I didn't walk into the bank this morning with guns and bombs.

No, but if you hadn't been here, no one would've had a reason to do that.

What?

What's the matter?

Oh, shit.

Can you help me a minute?

What'll happen to us once all that money is gone?

When all that money is gone, we won't be any use to them anymore.

They've nothing to gain by letting us go.

- You don't think they... - No, no. I'm not saying that.

I just think, the slower we work, the more time it will buy us.

That's what you say. I say we should do what they say.

No, no. Just do it.

- I won't let you risk my life. - But you can risk mine?

How can I risk your life by doing what they ask?

I'm just asking you to go more slowly. That's all.

I won't go more slowly, neither will you. They'll realise. They're not stupid.

- I didn't say that. - What if they detonate the bombs?

How can you be so sure they won't detonate the bombs?

Do you want to see what will happen if you go more slowly?

- Is mine doing that too? No, no, no, no. - Turn it off. Turn it off.

Come on, pal, turn it off.

- No! I didn't do anything. - We're helping.

- Turn it off. - Sorry.

- Come on, turn it off. - No.

I know a way of flushing that money quicker.

Freya, the camera. Come on.

Freya, the hose. The hose in the cistern.

Couldn't he have thought of that before?

Yes, it's flushing. It's flushing. Turn it off.

Carry on. Next time I press the button, I won't turn it off again.

Can you check what our friends are up to?

LIVE - HOSTAGE SITUATION AT BANK BOY GOES HOME

For Basil Hawal, 6 years old,

one of the hostages in Fides Bank, things have ended well.

After his tumultuous release...

They said it was better for him to go home.

I know, but I'm not happy about it.

I want to go back there as quickly as possible, for Noor.

Here, son.

- Daddy? - Yes?

Noor said that...

that those men in the bank were playing a game.

Did she?

I don't think it was a game.

Something seems to be happening in the square.

A man is walking towards the bank. Probably a police officer.

He has stopped some distance away. I've no idea what he intends to do now.

OK, listen carefully. Someone is bringing food and drink.

Michael, let Freya through the mantrap and keep filming her.

I want to be able to see her the whole time, OK?

No, hold on. Let her go first. I want to be able to see her.

From now on not a word.

The officer on the square is slowly starting to move again.

Maybe in response to a sign from someone inside. He is also carrying a bag.

Maybe food has been requested for the hostage-takers or for the hostages.

That could be a logical explanation for the officer's presence there.

The sliding doors have opened and, as you can see, someone has just stepped outside.

From here it looks like a woman. Probably one of the hostages.

- She's standing just outside the bank. - No, I don't believe it.

A few metres from the police officer and...

- Yes, it's her. - It seems she's wearing a kind of collar.

- No, it can't be her. It can't be. - I'm going over there.

- Maybe some kind of explosive. - No, no, no.

The woman has gone back inside.

We can only say that this is a new, very worrying element.

The victims, or one at least, are probably wearing explosives around their necks.

Let me see.

Take the cigarettes and the drinks out first.

I'd take those boxes out of there too.

Hold on a minute. Take those pizzas out of the boxes. I don't trust it.

Yeah, take them out and... Put them on something else.

- Hold on, we... - Shut up!

When you've finished, throw the bag with the boxes back in the lobby.

Freya, take the stairs up to the next floor.

Michael, you can wait there.

Take two pizzas out for you and something to drink too.

Then go back down again.

Excuse me.

Rolf.

- Did the police... - What's happened?

- I know as much as you. - Freya is in there too. Did you know?

No, of course not.

- Why was she in there? - I don't know, I no longer work there.

- Andrea. - Claudine.

- Do you know any more? - No, no.

- It's OK. - They're with me, it's OK.

Let those people in, please.

What is upstairs?

It's offices. They used to do insurance up there but...

but when the bank was taken over they got rid of that department.

So it's empty now.

I'd have something to eat if I were you, who knows how long we'll be here.

Are you OK?

- Are you OK? Hey. - Sorry.

No, no, no. What's the matter?

- Sorry. - No, no.

Are you OK? Come here.

Hey, it'll be fine.

Really, I mean it. It'll be fine.

Hey...

That is one of the stages in the negotiations

and providing food and/or medicines, for example,

is a positive signal to the hostage-taker.

It can be an important step in reaching a peaceful solution.

You can wait here.

I'll go and find out if there is any news and I'll come back and see you.

- Yusef, isn't it? - Yes.

Claudine, Rolf's wife.

- We've never spoken before. - No.

No, there are pleasanter occasions.

It'll be fine, it'll be fine.

- What's happening? - I don't know.

- What's the problem? - We don't know.

- Have you covered up the camera? - No, no, no, it's not covered up.

The light has gone out.

OK, don't be scared. Nothing's going to happen.

We can try to carry on in the dark.

OK, you do that.

Fuck.

- It isn't filling up. - What?

The water isn't filling up.

- What about the fire hose? - Hold on...

And?

Where's the fuse box?

- Where are the fuses? - On the ground floor.

Next to the glass office, there's a fuse box there.

Come with me.

You're not serious?

The toilet won't flush and the hose won't work.

Fuck!

- It's not a coincidence. - Isn't it possible the water, the socket,

- it got wet and short-circuited? - Short-circuited?

The water not working downstairs is due to a short circuit too?

- The cops? - Of course it's the cops.

- Good afternoon. - Do you want people to die?

- Sorry, sir... - Don't start, pal.

Turn the water and power back on or you'll have a fucking body on your conscience.

Do you hear me?

What are you going to do?

No.

Dammit.

Here.

- Hello? - Can you hear that?

That's my gun against the girl's head. I'll kill her, pal, I mean it.

You've got 60 seconds to turn the water back on.

Sir...

55.

45 seconds.

Noor...

Hey... Why did they ask if the camera was covered?

What d'you mean?

The electricity must have gone off upstairs where they are too?

20 seconds. My finger is on the trigger.

Apparently the whole square is without electricity, sir. But they are sorting it.

- It shouldn't take long. - 15.

Hold on, sir. We'll turn it back on, we will.

Five, four...

three...

two...

one...

It's back on. It's back on. The electricity is back on, sir.

The electricity is back on.

- What about the water downstairs? - I'll go and see.

- What about the water? - The water should be back on again too

but it may take a while before the pressure builds up.

That helicopter with that money will be here at the agreed time

and not a millisecond later.

- If you do anything else to that girl... - I didn't do anything.

She hasn't done anything.

Do you realize what that does to someone?

For Basil Hawal, 6 years old, one of the hostages in Fides Bank,

things have ended well.

After his tumultuous release this morning and being interviewed by the police

about what he saw in the bank the little boy can be taken home.

His older sister Noor and the other victims in the bank

continue to be held hostage. In response to whether the perpetrators...

Come here.

- No, no, I'm fine. - You're cold, go on.

What's the matter?

I'm worried.

Too many things are going wrong.

And we still have a problem here.

Thank you.

What's up?

Hello?

I think I know why we have to do all that work here.

Why?

I don't think those men are here at all.

We need to talk.

Yes, I think we do.