Six-year-old girl rescued from hostage-taking in Marawi City, Philippines


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COTABATO CITY, (Philippines): Police shot the man who forcibly entered a house in Barangay Sabala Manao Proper, Marawi City on Sunday (Dec 21), and took a six-year-old girl hostage.

Lt. Colonel Jopy Ventura, spokesperson for the Police Regional Office in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region (Pro-Bar), said the still unidentified man forcibly entered the house at 7.50am, seized the girl and threatened her with a kitchen knife when a policeman in civilian clothes happened to pass by and initiated negotiations with the intruder.

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