Category: Police
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FBI Ends Hostage Crisis in US Synagogue
The US FBI ended a hostage situation on Saturday after attempting to negotiate with a UK national, Malik Faisal Akram, who had taken hostages in a synagogue in Colleyville Texas. Sometime after arriving in the US at JFK airport Malik traveled to Colleyville and stayed a few nights at a homeless shelter. He purchased a…
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British Police End Hostage Standoff in Coventry
After five days a hostage situation in the city of Coventry was ended by local police. A man who has not yet been identified had barricaded himself along with an eight year old boy in an apartment. The police had been attempting to negotiate with the hostage taker before deciding that the situation was no…
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Dutch Hostage Crisis Ends with Suspect Killed in Belgium
A male suspect who was being held at Den Hey-Acker Dutch juvenile detention facility took two of the staff hostage after threatening them with a pistol. He then took the hostages by car across the border into Belgium before letting them out in a grocery parking lot in Hoogstraten. According to an eyewitness he was…
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Haitian Police Negotiate the Release of Kidnapped Missionaries
Haitian police were able to secure the release of the remaining 12 hostages out of a group of 17 people whose bus was seized after visiting an orphanage by the 400 Mazowo gang in October. The gang had initially demanded $17,000,000 USD for all of the hostages, which included children. Five victims had already been…
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