MUAR: The hammer-wielding man who held 30 children and four teachers hostage at a kindergarten here earlier Thursday, died in hospital at 9.15pm, after being shot by police during rescue operations.
Earlier, police had freed all hostages, after shooting teargas into the Serikids kindergarten compound and entering the building in Taman Sungai Abong Cemerlang here.
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