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Hostage taker shot dead in SW China

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2009-12-21 13:22
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CHONGQING: Police have shot dead a man who took a pregnant woman hostage in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality Monday.

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The man, who took the woman hostage at a community on Shengli Road of Yongchuan District, was shot at around 10 a.m., after he ignored police warnings and persuasion, said a source with the municipal public security bureau on condition of anonymity.

He said the woman was rescued without serious injury.

The suspect was alleged to have killed someone before taking the woman hostage, the official said without elaborating.

He said the motive of hostage taker was not immediately known.

Yongchuan District is about an hour's drive from Chongqing's city center.
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