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| Knife hold-up in Italian nursery | |
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| A man armed with a knife has barricaded himself into a children's day care centre in southern Italy. | A man armed with a knife has barricaded himself into a children's day care centre in southern Italy. |
| News reports said that at least a dozen children and a teacher were inside the centre in the town of Reggio Calabria. | News reports said that at least a dozen children and a teacher were inside the centre in the town of Reggio Calabria. |
| The man has asked to speak to journalists and has made references to money and judicial sentences, Ansa and Apcom news agencies report. | The man has asked to speak to journalists and has made references to money and judicial sentences, Ansa and Apcom news agencies report. |
| A police official told the Associated Press that they were trying to persuade the man to leave the building. | A police official told the Associated Press that they were trying to persuade the man to leave the building. |
| Ansa reported that some parents of the children had gathered at the school along with a crowd of onlookers and some of the man's relatives. | |
| The news agency said the mayor of Reggio Calabria, Giuseppe Scopelliti, was on his way to the scene to speak to the man. | The news agency said the mayor of Reggio Calabria, Giuseppe Scopelliti, was on his way to the scene to speak to the man. |