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Hostages in Zhengzhou rescued
(newsphoto)
Updated: 2005-11-09 16:58
A hostage, injured in the explosion detonated by the hostage-taker, is
carried out of a women's dormitory at a college and sent
to hospital for treatment in Zhengzhou, Central China's Henan Province
November 8, 2005. The hostage-taker, with explosives, managed to enter the dorm
later Tuesday, man's access to which should have been denied, and took four
girl students hostage. He demanded to see the police chief and for a
ransom of one million yuan. At about 2:30am Wednesday after several hours of
talks with the police, the man suddenly detonated the explosives in the
room and killed himself. One of the hostages was injured. The man's motive is
still unknown and police investigation is
underway.[newsphoto] |
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