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| Drunken man, armed with axe, takes six children hostage in St Petersburg & threatens to kill them | |
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| An axe-wielding man has reportedly taken six children hostage in Saint Petersburg, threatening to kill them. The incident, in Russia's second largest city, is believed to have been triggered by a domestic quarrel, with his wife. | An axe-wielding man has reportedly taken six children hostage in Saint Petersburg, threatening to kill them. The incident, in Russia's second largest city, is believed to have been triggered by a domestic quarrel, with his wife. |
| The hostage situation unfolded in St. Petersburg’s southern suburb of Kolpino on Tuesday afternoon. The incident was confirmed by local law enforcement. | |
| The local man barricaded himself within an apartment, taking six kids, aged between three and 15 years, hostage. According to Russian media, the suspect is the father of at least three of the imprisoned children. | The local man barricaded himself within an apartment, taking six kids, aged between three and 15 years, hostage. According to Russian media, the suspect is the father of at least three of the imprisoned children. |
| The hostage-taker, said to be heavily drunk, is reportedly armed with an axe and a knife. While he has already threatened to kill the children, he has not made any demands. Police psychologists and negotiators have been dispatched to the scene. | |
| Footage purportedly from the scene, circulating on Russian social media networks, shows the shirtless man shouting from the window of his apartment while grabbing onto a child’s neck. The man appears to be holding a knife in his hand. | |
| It was not immediately clear what prompted such extreme behavior, though the media sources suggested the standoff had been triggered by an argument between the suspect and his wife, whom he’d ejected from the apartment before locking himself in. | It was not immediately clear what prompted such extreme behavior, though the media sources suggested the standoff had been triggered by an argument between the suspect and his wife, whom he’d ejected from the apartment before locking himself in. |
| The man had reportedly experienced mental health issues in the past, although he did not have any run-ins with the law before Tuesday’s incident. | The man had reportedly experienced mental health issues in the past, although he did not have any run-ins with the law before Tuesday’s incident. |
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