Hostage
# hostage - Yesterday’s News
Student accidentally shot dead by police while aiming for burglar
The intruder was killed in New York.
# hostage - Tuesday 5 February, 2013
‘Brave’ five-year-old safe after week-long hostage ordeal
The kidnapper was killed during the rescue operation.
# hostage - Monday 21 January, 2013
Algeria: Irish hostage Stephen McFaul returns home to family
In a statement, McFaul said he wanted time to reflect on what had happened to him and his colleagues in Algeria.
Algeria hostage ‘arrives home to Ireland’
Stephen McFaul arrived back home to Northern Ireland yesterday evening, latest reports say.
Death toll climbs past 80 in siege in Algerian hostage crisis
As many as 48 hostages are believed to have been killed in the crisis.
# hostage - Saturday 19 January, 2013
Algeria: 18 killed – including seven hostages – in ‘final assault’
Algerian security forces are now thought to be sweeping the gas plant to remove landmines planted around it.
# hostage - Friday 18 January, 2013
Algerians still pursuing ‘terrorists’ at gas field: Cameron
Cameron said he was “disappointed” to have not been informed in advance of the assault on the plant
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# hostage - Thursday 17 January, 2013
The Evening Fix… now with added hovering DeLorean
Here are the things we learned, loved and shared today.
The 5 at 5: Thursday
5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock…
The 9 at 9: Thursday
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Irish hostage: Algeria troops surround Islamist hostage-takers
The group of hostages include a citizen from Northern Ireland who holds an Irish passport.
# hostage - Wednesday 16 January, 2013
Irish citizen among oil-workers kidnapped from BP plant in Algeria
The Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore has called for the immediate release of an Irish citizen reportedly among those kidnapped from a BP oil field in the south of Algeria.
# hostage - Saturday 12 January, 2013
Captors kill hostage in Somalia during French raid
The hostage, known as Denis Allex, had been captured in 2009.
# hostage - Saturday 5 January, 2013
Four shot dead in hostage situation in Aurora, Colorado
The gunman killed three people at the house in Aurora before he was shot dead by police.
# hostage - Friday 21 September, 2012
Man takes at least one person hostage in Pittsburgh office building
Police had been communicating with the man via Facebook, but the page is said to have been shut down.
# hostage - Wednesday 29 August, 2012
F16s escort plane to Schiphol after ‘hijacking’ mix-up
Two F16s were scrambled to escort a flight to the ground after its pilot failed to make contact with the ground.
# hostage - Tuesday 10 July, 2012
Updated: Gunman taken by police after hostage stand-off at school
An armed man had held one adult in France, after initially taking children hostage.
# hostage - Sunday 8 July, 2012
Interview: ‘I just survived’ – ex-Beirut hostage John McCarthy on his ordeal
John McCarthy, released from a Beirut cell 21 years ago, has written a new book. He spoke to TheJournal.ie about captivity, celebrity… and Martin McGuinness.
# hostage - Tuesday 26 June, 2012
Man held four people hostage in Tipperary pharmacy
The stand-off ended after more than two hours when a Garda used a taser on the man.
# hostage - Monday 7 May, 2012
Al-Qaeda releases video of American hostage
In the video, hostage Warren Weinstein says he will be killed unless President Barack Obama agrees to the militant group’s demands.
# hostage - Sunday 18 March, 2012
US citizen released by Iraqi captors
However, confusion surrounds release of man who says he was kidnapped after serving with the US military in Iraq.
# hostage - Monday 12 March, 2012
Man holds his mother hostage for 28 hours
West Midlands Police say that the situation was ‘peacefully resolved’ this morning.
# hostage - Friday 9 December, 2011
Family releases hostage video of ex-FBI agent who disappeared in Iran
Bob Levinson has been missing for the past four years. In desperate plea for information, his family released a hostage video they received a year ago.
# hostage - Monday 14 November, 2011
Aid workers freed in Yemen
The three French workers had been held hostage by al-Qaeda militants for six months. Meanwhile, demonstrations continue (pictured) against the country’s president, Ali Abdullah Saleh.
# hostage - Saturday 12 November, 2011
Turkish forces shoot dead ferry hijacker
The 24 hostages – 18 passengers and six crew – were found unharmed.
# hostage - Wednesday 19 October, 2011
Frenchwoman abducted in Kenya dies weeks after kidnapping
The 66-year-old woman was taken from her rented house on a Kenyan island earlier this month by suspected Somali militants.
# hostage - Tuesday 6 September, 2011
Sydney siege ends with police raid
The man who entered a suburban office with his 12-year-old daughter claimed to have a bomb in his bag.
The 9 at 9: Tuesday
Nine things you should know this morning…
Watch: Man in stand-off with police in Sydney
A man appears to be holding his daughter hostage and claims to have a bomb strapped to him.
# hostage - Friday 8 July, 2011
Gunman shoots seven, including daughter, before taking his own life
The shooting took place in the town of Grand Rapids, Michigan. Rodrick Shonte Dantzler killed five adults and two children, and took three more people hostage.
# hostage - Thursday 23 June, 2011
Too much information? Man posts Facebook updates during 16-hour police standoff
Jason Valdez had held a woman hostage for 16 hours, continually updating his Facebook as police wait outside.
# hostage - Monday 9 May, 2011
Texas man sets fire to mother, takes teacher hostage
George James Bradley, 32, is arrested after holding a teacher at knifepoint and leaving his mother with third-degree burns.
# hostage - Monday 13 December, 2010
20 children taken hostage at French kindergarten released
Reports that a man armed with two swords has released the children and teacher he took hostage at a French school this morning.
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