Saturday, July 2, was the day that a man in extreme social distress locked himself into his Gex apartment. He had been there since 11 a.m. According to Le Progres, he threatened to blow up the building using a gas bottle as well as a handgun.
The emergency services and gendarmerie units evacuated the building immediately. The man surrendered to the authorities and was taken into custody at 3:00 p.m. Firefighters rescued him and took him to the hospital.
