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Pizzeria Owner's Son Takes Employees Hostage Near Paris
A knife-wielding man on Saturday took several employees hostage in his father's restaurant on the outskirts of Paris as a large police force surrounded the establishment.
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All Netherlands Cafe Hostages Released, Suspect Arresed
A hostage drama in the Netherlands that lasted several hours on Saturday ended without bloodshed as all hostages were freed and police took the suspect into custody.
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Germany Airport Hostage Standoff Ends After Nearly 16 Hours, Man Arrested
A hostage crisis that shut the Hamburg airport in Germany ended after dragging for nearly 16 hours, the police said. A 35-year-old man took his 4-year-old daughter hostage and drove to the airport.
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Cops Detain Hostage-Taker After Hours-Long Standoff At Japan Post Office
Japanese police have detained a suspected gunman reportedly in his 80s who holed up in a post office on Tuesday with several hostages.
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Hostage Situation At Apple Store In Amsterdam, Gunshots Heard
A man with a firearm walked into an Apple store in central Amsterdam late Tuesday and was holding one or more people hostage, police said, adding that they had ringed the area.
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Teenagar Holding Family Hostage Arrested Through Cash Trick
A teenager who allegedly held a businessman's family in Nagpur hostage with a toy gun was arrested in a dramatic manner as a wad of currency notes totalling Rs 5 lakh were thrown at him while police moved in, officials said.
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Woman Killed By Police, Not Suspect, In US Grocery Store Standoff: Police
The bullet that struck and killed a woman at a Trader Joe's grocery store in Los Angeles in the chaotic early moments of a weekend hostage siege was fired by police during a gunfight with the armed suspect, authorities revealed on Tuesday.
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1 Dead, Gunman Arrested After Barricading Himself In US Supermarket: Highlights
The suspect barricaded himself inside the supermarket with an unknown number of people, but was taken into custody "without incident," according to police.
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Paris Hostage Situation Over As Police Arrest Gunman
A gunman who took two people hostage in central Paris on Tuesday has been arrested and his victims freed "safe and sound", police in the French capital said.
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4 Children, Gunman Found Dead In US Apartment, 24 Hours After Standoff
A hostage drama in Florida ended Monday with the death of four children at the hands of a gunman, who also took his own life, police said.
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Gunman Takes 2 Hostage In UK Leisure Park; Police Rule Out Terrorism
British police said on Sunday they were dealing with an "ongoing incident" at a leisure park in Nuneaton, central England, that was not connected to "any terrorist activity" after reports that a gunman had taken two staff members hostage at a bowling alley.
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Australia Police Kill Hostage Taker In Melbourne; ISIS Claims Responsibility
Australian police on Monday shot dead a gunman in the city of Melbourne who had been holding a woman hostage, police said, a confrontation for which the terror group ISIS claimed responsibility.
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Police Kill Man Who Took Woman Hostage In Melbourne Apartment
Australian police Monday shot dead a man who took a woman hostage in a Melbourne apartment, after the body of another man was found in the building's lobby.
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Hostage Situation In Melbourne Following Blast: Report
Police are dealing with a hostage situation in Australia's Melbourne city after an explosion today, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation reported. A major police operation is underway at a Bay Street apartment, following reports of the explosion at 4 pm local time, it said.
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Suspect In Custody After Short Hostage Crisis At Bank In US' Alabama
A suspect was taken into custody by police after taking hostages at the Alabama Credit Union in Tuscaloosa near the University of Alabama campus in the US on Tuesday and sparking a standoff.
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Pizzeria Owner's Son Takes Employees Hostage Near Paris
A knife-wielding man on Saturday took several employees hostage in his father's restaurant on the outskirts of Paris as a large police force surrounded the establishment.
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All Netherlands Cafe Hostages Released, Suspect Arresed
A hostage drama in the Netherlands that lasted several hours on Saturday ended without bloodshed as all hostages were freed and police took the suspect into custody.
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Germany Airport Hostage Standoff Ends After Nearly 16 Hours, Man Arrested
A hostage crisis that shut the Hamburg airport in Germany ended after dragging for nearly 16 hours, the police said. A 35-year-old man took his 4-year-old daughter hostage and drove to the airport.
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Cops Detain Hostage-Taker After Hours-Long Standoff At Japan Post Office
Japanese police have detained a suspected gunman reportedly in his 80s who holed up in a post office on Tuesday with several hostages.
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Hostage Situation At Apple Store In Amsterdam, Gunshots Heard
A man with a firearm walked into an Apple store in central Amsterdam late Tuesday and was holding one or more people hostage, police said, adding that they had ringed the area.
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Teenagar Holding Family Hostage Arrested Through Cash Trick
A teenager who allegedly held a businessman's family in Nagpur hostage with a toy gun was arrested in a dramatic manner as a wad of currency notes totalling Rs 5 lakh were thrown at him while police moved in, officials said.
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Woman Killed By Police, Not Suspect, In US Grocery Store Standoff: Police
The bullet that struck and killed a woman at a Trader Joe's grocery store in Los Angeles in the chaotic early moments of a weekend hostage siege was fired by police during a gunfight with the armed suspect, authorities revealed on Tuesday.
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1 Dead, Gunman Arrested After Barricading Himself In US Supermarket: Highlights
The suspect barricaded himself inside the supermarket with an unknown number of people, but was taken into custody "without incident," according to police.
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Paris Hostage Situation Over As Police Arrest Gunman
A gunman who took two people hostage in central Paris on Tuesday has been arrested and his victims freed "safe and sound", police in the French capital said.
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4 Children, Gunman Found Dead In US Apartment, 24 Hours After Standoff
A hostage drama in Florida ended Monday with the death of four children at the hands of a gunman, who also took his own life, police said.
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Gunman Takes 2 Hostage In UK Leisure Park; Police Rule Out Terrorism
British police said on Sunday they were dealing with an "ongoing incident" at a leisure park in Nuneaton, central England, that was not connected to "any terrorist activity" after reports that a gunman had taken two staff members hostage at a bowling alley.
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Australia Police Kill Hostage Taker In Melbourne; ISIS Claims Responsibility
Australian police on Monday shot dead a gunman in the city of Melbourne who had been holding a woman hostage, police said, a confrontation for which the terror group ISIS claimed responsibility.
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Police Kill Man Who Took Woman Hostage In Melbourne Apartment
Australian police Monday shot dead a man who took a woman hostage in a Melbourne apartment, after the body of another man was found in the building's lobby.
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Hostage Situation In Melbourne Following Blast: Report
Police are dealing with a hostage situation in Australia's Melbourne city after an explosion today, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation reported. A major police operation is underway at a Bay Street apartment, following reports of the explosion at 4 pm local time, it said.
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Suspect In Custody After Short Hostage Crisis At Bank In US' Alabama
A suspect was taken into custody by police after taking hostages at the Alabama Credit Union in Tuscaloosa near the University of Alabama campus in the US on Tuesday and sparking a standoff.
