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| Gun siege in Colorado high school | Gun siege in Colorado high school |
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| Staff and pupils have been evacuated from a US high school in Bailey, Colorado, where an adult gunman has taken up to four hostages. | Staff and pupils have been evacuated from a US high school in Bailey, Colorado, where an adult gunman has taken up to four hostages. |
| A Swat team and bomb squad have been sent to Platte Canyon High School. There are no reports of casualties and negotiations appear to be under way. | A Swat team and bomb squad have been sent to Platte Canyon High School. There are no reports of casualties and negotiations appear to be under way. |
| "We have some information that several shots have been fired," sheriff's spokeswoman Jacki Kelley said. | "We have some information that several shots have been fired," sheriff's spokeswoman Jacki Kelley said. |
| TV pictures show a long line of people streaming away towards school buses. | TV pictures show a long line of people streaming away towards school buses. |
| A school official said a loud noise had prompted the evacuation. | A school official said a loud noise had prompted the evacuation. |
| "I don't know what the noise was," Jan Howard, a secretary to the superintendent of schools, was quoted as saying by the Associated Press news agency. | "I don't know what the noise was," Jan Howard, a secretary to the superintendent of schools, was quoted as saying by the Associated Press news agency. |
| 'Active shooter' | 'Active shooter' |
| Snipers are moving into position around the site. The bomb squad was apparently called out after reports of a device inside the school. | Snipers are moving into position around the site. The bomb squad was apparently called out after reports of a device inside the school. |
| US television channel ABC reports that the hostage-taker is "an active shooter". | US television channel ABC reports that the hostage-taker is "an active shooter". |
| The suspect apparently took six students hostage and let two of them go, the channel says. | The suspect apparently took six students hostage and let two of them go, the channel says. |
| Platte Canyon High and neighbouring Fitzsimmons Middle School have about 800 students enrolled between them. | |
| "The two schools have been in lockdown," an official in the Park County Sheriff's office told AFP news agency. | |
| Bailey is 56km (35 miles) south-west of the state capital, Denver. | Bailey is 56km (35 miles) south-west of the state capital, Denver. |
| It lies in Jefferson County where in 1999 two students killed 13 people at Columbine High School before taking their own lives. | It lies in Jefferson County where in 1999 two students killed 13 people at Columbine High School before taking their own lives. |
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