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Shanghai police seize man holding girlfriend hostage

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2009-09-23 10:34

Police rescue a girl taken hostage in Shanghai, east China, Sept. 23, 2009.[Xinhua]

SHANGHAI: A man who held his girlfriend hostage at knife point in a hotel room in Shanghai Tuesday afternoon has been seized by police.

The hostage taking occurred at about 4 pm on the second floor of the Jiajia Hotel in Qingpu District.

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In about eight hours, police had been trying to make the man put down the knife. Around mid-night, police broke into the room and put the man under control.

The woman was unhurt but seemed scared. She was carried to hospital by an ambulance.

A love conflict might have been the reason of the crime, police said.

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