Olcay Gulsen says she feels unsafe after violent watch robbery

Gulsen, 46, was attacked at about 6.50pm on 1 October as she was getting into her car, Amsterdam broadcaster AT5 reported. Police described a struggle in which the robber took her watch. Gulsen sustained multiple injuries. [1]

Her management confirmed the robbery to the Dutch news agency ANP but could not say what kind of injuries she had or how serious they were. Gulsen has filed a police report, ANP reported. [2]

AT5 said the person who took the watch escaped on the back of another person’s motorscooter, heading towards Oosteinde. Police were seeking witnesses. [1]

The ANP account published by Nieuws.nl says police were looking for two suspects. AT5 describes the robber and a separate scooter rider, but does not say whether the rider was considered a suspect. [1] [2]

Update

In an Instagram video reported by Nieuws.nl on Monday, Dutch entrepreneur and presenter Olcay Gulsen described the theft of her watch outside her office the previous Thursday. She said a masked man had robbed her violently and that a second masked person was waiting on a scooter. Gulsen said she now felt very unsafe, and that media attention had made that feeling worse. [3]

Gulsen also disputed reports that the watch was worth €80,000. She said she had bought it herself and that it held considerable sentimental value. She did not give another price. [3]