WELLINGTON, New Zealand - A thirty-seven year old man has been taken into police custody after going on a rampage with a stapler in the busy staff offices of Victoria University in Wellington. It is alleged that the suspect assaulted twenty fellow staff and faculty workers in an attack following a dispute over office feng shui.

“He just came at us,” said Evelyn Jacobs, who works on the same floor as the suspect. “We all heard clicking and then suddenly I realized my boss had been stapled. Some of us jumped under our desks and a secretary of our offices tried to make it out into the hallway to get help. I heard clicking and covered my ears. I don't know how I made it into the stair well. Everyone was screaming.”

Police and emergency services rushed to the scene and the area was cordoned off. For five hours police negotiators tried to talk the man down. The siege ended around 8PM EST, when the suspect unloaded half a box of 3/8 inch Swingline heavy-duty staples into his own head.

“The situation could have gone either way,” said Detective Brooks. “We had no idea of how many boxes of staples he had up there.”

The stapler used in the attack, a high gauge model manufactured in Israel, is available over the counter throughout New Zealand. The attack comes not long after the ban on carrying pocket knives.

“Fortunately, a stapler is relatively harmless weapon, and the most serious injuries have been treated with band aids and allowed to go home. It’s just a good thing that this maniac couldn’t get his hands on a serious weapon - like an office guillotine or a particularly sharp pen.”

According to local police, only the victim was seriously injured in the attack.

Update - US Attorney and anti-gamer lobbyist Jack Thompson has appeared via satellite on New Zealand national television blaming today's stapler rampage on Wii and Sony PSP devices. Thompson particularly emphasized the influence of video game blogs like Kotaku as being a dangerous influence on all New Zealanders. "Kids see grown ups playing Solitaire and Tetris and grow up thinking it's okay to attack friends and colleagues with a stapler," Thompson told audiences.

The expert refused, however, to discuss the US Army's use of a violent video game called America's Army as a recruitment tool.