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| Atlanta police surround Wells Fargo bank where man claims to have bomb | |
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| Several heavily armed police officers converged on a bank in suburban Atlanta on Friday, after reports that a man claiming to have a bomb may have had hostages inside. | |
| Police evacuated customers from fast-food restaurants and other businesses around the Wells Fargo bank near Interstate 75 north-west of the city. Many officers wore tactical gear and carried “long guns”, or rifles. | |
| WSB-TV reported that its newsroom received a call on Friday morning from the man who said he was inside and talked for more than 30 minutes. Cobb County police chief Mike Register told the news station officers were in contact with the man. | |
| According to WSB-TV, the man told an assignment editor that he had a bomb and two people inside with him. The station reported that the man said he did not want to hurt anyone and that if he did detonate the bomb, he would let the two people go. | |
| In the station’s video account of the conversation, the man could be heard saying that the bomb had the power to “take out the room”. | |
| Cobb County police officer Alicia Chilton said in a statement the man had made some threats and was still inside the bank with an unknown number of employees. | Cobb County police officer Alicia Chilton said in a statement the man had made some threats and was still inside the bank with an unknown number of employees. |
| No one inside the bank had been harmed, Chilton said, adding that police were limiting the amount of information shared because the suspect might be monitoring news coverage and social media. | No one inside the bank had been harmed, Chilton said, adding that police were limiting the amount of information shared because the suspect might be monitoring news coverage and social media. |
| The Cobb County department of transportation said in a brief statement that a stretch of a heavily traveled road in the area was closed due to police activity. The agency was advising motorists to avoid the area. | The Cobb County department of transportation said in a brief statement that a stretch of a heavily traveled road in the area was closed due to police activity. The agency was advising motorists to avoid the area. |
| More to follow… | More to follow… |