French police kill man who took hostages
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Police shot to death an armed man holding five hostages in a small-town post office west of Paris after a robbery attempt, and the captives were freed unharmed after a three-hour ordeal, the interior minister said.
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Paramilitary police killed a suspected top al-Qaida operative, wanted for alleged involvement in the kidnapping of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl, during a four-hour shootout Sunday at a southern Pakistan house, the information minister said. At least two other men were arrested.
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Police shot and critically wounded a carjacking suspect who ran into a crowded casino early Friday and took two patrons hostage.
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KABUL: A Turkish engineer taken hostage in Afghanistan was killed by kidnappers when they were cornered by police mounting a rescue operation, a senior official said on Wednesday.
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French police arrested at least 33 people in a major pre-dawn operation Monday north of Paris, targeting the suspected ringleaders of riots last year.
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TORONTO: A police marksman shot and killed a man who had taken a woman hostage and put a gun to her head during a dramatic rush-hour standoff in the heart of Toronto yesterday.
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TORONTO: A police sharpshooter shot dead an armed man who held a woman hostage in front of Toronto&#39;s Union Station at the height of morning rush-hour yesterday.
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Paramilitary police killed a suspected top al-Qaida operative Sunday in a four-hour gunbattle at a house in southern Pakistan that also led to the arrest of two other men, the information minister said.
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A French police officer has shot dead a Paris Saint Germain (PSG) football fan and seriously injured another after witnesses said he was targeted by a racist mob following the team's defeat by Israeli side Hapoel Tel-Aviv.
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Four members of a French family were killed by gunmen during a robbery in eastern Mauritania Monday, police said.
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French police on Tuesday freed hostages held by armed robbers in a bank in a south Paris suburb after persuading the men to end their siege.
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Afghan police killed three Taliban commanders allegedly involved in the abduction of 23 South Koreans two months ago, the Interior Ministry said.
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Police in London said they had freed three of the four men they have arrested in recent weeks in connection with the murder in August of a young French woman student.
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KARACHI, Pakistan - Paramilitary police killed a suspected top al-Qaida operative, wanted for alleged involvement in the kidnapping of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl, during a four-hour shootout Sunday at a southern Pakistan house, the information minister said. At least two other men were arrested...
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A French gendarme on Friday shot a colleague dead before killing his own two sons and finally turning the gun on himself, police said.
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A gunman shot and killed two people, wounded another and then fled with a hostage on Friday night, police said.
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Indian police say they have shot dead one of the country's most wanted men, the bandit Veerappan.