The
hostage exchange was organized by the Azerbaijan State Commission on Prisoners of War,
Hostages and Missing Persons and the State Border Service through the mediation of the International Committee of the Red Cross.
When I arrived there, the escaped prisoners and several
hostages already occupied the mayor's office while the mayor was outside conferring with some officials.
Two people were injured by the captor before he took the girl
hostage.
In earlier statements, police said the man had entered the post office wearing a mask and taken 11 people
hostage with the intention of robbing the place.
The police swung into action and the neighbours nerves were tested after a mentally-challenged person, identified as Abdul Rahim, took 22 members of the family of his in-laws
hostage.
The gunmen did not fire on them while the wounded
hostage was being rescued.
General Ghafoor disclosed that Pakistan troops were dispatched to rescue the
hostages shortly after the U.S.
When an officer entered the ACU branch, he encountered
hostages and Collins standing on a stairwell with a male
hostage in front of him.
According to one account, the police decided to charge the hostage-taker when he sought to flee the area with a couple of the
hostages as cover.
"They came there to kill, no doubt about that, but the way they were taking people
hostage showed that they knew they were going to blow themselves up.
government will not prosecute families looking to pay ransoms to terrorist groups holding their loved ones
hostage -- a threat some families faced during their ordeals.
Summary: Doubts have been cast over claims that at least nine Lebanese servicemen being held
hostage by ISIS militants were relocated to the group's stronghold in Syria, parties involved in the negotiations told The Daily Star.
