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| Hostage drama at Clinton office | Hostage drama at Clinton office |
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| A man claiming to have a bomb has taken a number of people hostage at a Hillary Clinton campaign office in Rochester, New Hampshire, police say. | A man claiming to have a bomb has taken a number of people hostage at a Hillary Clinton campaign office in Rochester, New Hampshire, police say. |
| Mrs Clinton is at a Democratic campaign event in Virginia and is not involved in the siege. | Mrs Clinton is at a Democratic campaign event in Virginia and is not involved in the siege. |
| Unconfirmed reports say two hostages have been seized. | Unconfirmed reports say two hostages have been seized. |
| The area has been evacuated and police are sending a tactical bomb unit to the scene, according to a New Hampshire police spokesman. | The area has been evacuated and police are sending a tactical bomb unit to the scene, according to a New Hampshire police spokesman. |
| Hostage negotiators have arrived at the scene, police said. | Hostage negotiators have arrived at the scene, police said. |
| One local shopkeeper described how a witness came in to raise the alarm. | One local shopkeeper described how a witness came in to raise the alarm. |
| Lettie Tzizik told local television station WMUR TV: "A young woman... came rushing into the store just in tears, and she said: 'You need to call 911 - a man has just walked into the Clinton office, opened his coat and showed us a bomb strapped to his chest with duct tape'." | Lettie Tzizik told local television station WMUR TV: "A young woman... came rushing into the store just in tears, and she said: 'You need to call 911 - a man has just walked into the Clinton office, opened his coat and showed us a bomb strapped to his chest with duct tape'." |