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Man with knife holds woman captive in Sandwell Man with knife holds woman captive in Sandwell
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Police negotiators are trying to persuade a man with a knife to free a woman held captive inside a house in the West Midlands. A woman aged in her 80s is being held captive by a man armed with a knife at a house in the West Midlands.
The woman is thought to be in her 80s and does not live at the house in Perry Hill Road, Sandwell. Police negotiators have spent the night trying to persuade the man, aged in his 40s, to free the woman from the house on Perry Hill Road in Warley, Sandwell.
Officers have been at the scene since early Sunday and hope "to try and bring the situation to a peaceful and safe resolution", said Ch Supt Phil Kay. Officers have been at the scene since early on Sunday and hope to "bring the situation to a peaceful and safe resolution", said Ch Supt Phil Kay.
The incident was believed to be domestic-related, he added. The incident is believed to be domestic-related, he added.