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Knife hold-up in Italian nursery | Knife hold-up in Italian nursery |
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A man armed with a box-cutting knife has barricaded himself into a day-care centre in southern Italy. | A man armed with a box-cutting knife has barricaded himself into a day-care centre in southern Italy. |
At least 11 children and a teacher were inside the centre in the town of Reggio Calabria when the incident started. | |
Police told Associated Press the man had released five children. The man's relatives are trying to talk to him. | |
Footage from inside the classroom showed the man - believed to be a parent of one of the children - waving a box cutter and shouting. | Footage from inside the classroom showed the man - believed to be a parent of one of the children - waving a box cutter and shouting. |
The man, who allowed cameras from Rai state television into the building, has made references to money and judicial sentences. | The man, who allowed cameras from Rai state television into the building, has made references to money and judicial sentences. |
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. | |
The news agency said the mayor of Reggio Calabria, Giuseppe Scopelliti, was also on his way to the scene to speak to the man. | The news agency said the mayor of Reggio Calabria, Giuseppe Scopelliti, was also on his way to the scene to speak to the man. |