Atlanta: A gunman who held four Georgia firefighters hostage on Wednesday, demanding his utilities and cell phone service be restored, was killed after an exchange of gunfire with authorities who moved in to free the captives, police said. An officer was wounded and the firefighters, taken hostage after responding to what had appeared to be a medical call, suffered minor injuries during the rescue at a suburban Atlanta home, Gwinnett County police spokesman Edwin Ritter told a news conference.
The man, whom police have not identified, apparently had been in financial troubles and demanded his power, cable television and cell phone service be restored, Ritter said. "He wanted all those things turned back on," Ritter said. "That's why he was holding them hostage."
The gunman had initially also held a fifth firefighter captive in the home in Suwanee, about 35 miles (56 km) northeast of Atlanta, but let that person leave to move a fire truck, police and fire department officials said. Property records show the home is owned by Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, and a Freddie Mac spokesman confirmed to WSB-TV that the property was in foreclosure.
A SWAT unit entered the house after deciding the lives of the firefighters were in imminent danger, Ritter said. During the rescue effort, the firefighters received superficial wounds from an explosive device used to disorient the suspect, and an officer sustained a non-life-threatening gunshot wound to the arm or hand, Ritter said....
07:57 AM, Apr 11, 2013
A 21-year-old Ludhiana based woman, who was allegedly forced into prostitution and spent over a year into captivity, was on Sunday rescued by the police Fatehgarh. The police have booked a man and two other members of his family. ...
04:40 AM, Jan 07, 2013
Mumbai: Filipino director Brillante Mendoza, whose 'Captive' was screened at the 14th Mumbai Film Festival (MFF), is amazed to see the love of Indian audience for cinema. "I have been to India several times. First time I was in India I was in New Delhi when I was presented an award then I was in Mumbai three years back and now again I am here. Then next month I will...
03:13 PM, Oct 24, 2012
Bangalore: A 35-year-old man, held captive in a dingy room for 17 years by his mother who claimed he was mentally unstable, was rescued on Sunday by a lawmaker and doctors in Karnataka, police said. Keshva Murthy, 35, was rescued from a village near Davangere in central Karnataka, about 260 km from Bangalore. "We have learnt that Keshva Murthy was rescued from a house where he was kept locked up...
12:42 AM, Oct 15, 2012
Davanagere: In a shocking incident, a youth was kept locked in a solitary room for 17 years by his mother and was not allowed to answer nature's call at a village in Davanagere district. Keshavamurthy, around 30, walked out to freedom on Sunday after the neighbours, on coming to know about his confinement, broke the wall of the room and rescued him, police said. Preliminary investigations revealed that Keshavamurthy was...
06:22 PM, Oct 14, 2012
New Delhi: The Asphalt Venture hostage crisis is getting more complicated with sources telling CNN-IBN that Somali pirates now want to negotiate directly with the Indian government and not the ship owner. This new demand by the pirates could trigger a major stalemate as the government has maintained that they will not talk to the pirates directly. The government feels the ship owners should continue negotiation for the release of...
08:59 AM, May 06, 2011
The police have rescued two girls who were confined to a house in Noida for the past seven months. Social workers who accompanied the police following an alert from neighbours said the girls were both in a bad state, they were starving and dehydrated. Is the indifference of society to be blamed?
04:03 PM, Apr 12, 2011
New Delhi: In a shocking story, two sisters, who locked themselves up in their own home in Noida for the last seven months, were finally rescued from their home on Tuesday afternoon by the police. Anuradha and Sonali Behl were carried out of their house seven months after the two sisters locked themselves up in their home. The siblings, both chartered accountants in their 40s had cut-off all connection with...
03:09 PM, Apr 12, 2011
New Delhi: As the deadline to pay the ransom expired on Wednesday, the fate of six Indian sailors onboard MV Suez, captured by Somali pirates remains uncertain. With their pleas to the Government fallen on deaf ears so far, the families of the captive sailors are losing hope. After getting little more than empty assurances, they will hold a protest in New Delhi on Thursday and will march from Jantar...
07:16 AM, Mar 10, 2011
Sampa, wife of Indian sailor speaks to CNN-IBN. ...
09:13 PM, Mar 09, 2011
Relatives of sailors held hostage on the MV Iceberg protested near Parliament. ...
08:24 PM, Mar 09, 2011
CNN-IBN Editor-in-Chief Rajdeep Sardesai asks experts what can be done to free the sailors. ...
11:47 PM, Mar 02, 2011
CNN-IBN Editor-in-Chief Rajdeep Sardesai asks experts what can be done to free the sailors. ...
11:47 PM, Mar 02, 2011
Experts, sailors' relatives debate if it is Government's responsibility or ship owners'. ...
11:26 PM, Mar 02, 2011
New Delhi: Some family members of the six Indians, held hostage by Somali pirates, have protested in the capital demanding the Ministry of External Affair's intervention to ensure their release, as the one-week deadline set by the pirates draws closer. Many others who have run from pillar to post trying to set their loved ones free said that their families are almost dead to the Indian Government. CNN-IBN was able...
11:00 PM, Mar 02, 2011
New Delhi: Families of six Indians onboard the MV Suez taken hostage by Somali pirates get desperate as the reported one-week deadline to secure their release draws closer. The family members of the hostages will meet the shipping minister G K Vasan on Thursday and urge him to expedite the release. The Government however said it is making all efforts. The external affairs ministry and the shipping ministry are holding...
10:02 PM, Mar 02, 2011
Mumbai: Angry and distressed families of Indian sailors held hostage by Somali pirates for almost a year demanded Government intervention after CNN-IBN established connection with the sailors in captivity. Following is the conversation between the hostage sailors and CNN-IBN: Shoaib Ahmed: Dhiraj where are you? Dhiraj Tiwari: In Somalia, anchored in Puntland. Conditions are bad right now. One crew member is dead, his body is in a freezer. Another member...
09:06 PM, Feb 16, 2011
