NemoySpruce
03-28-2007, 04:55 PM
BBC (http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSSP11234820070328 ?feedType=RSS)
....The man identified as Jun Ducat, accompanied by at least one other man and believed to be armed with grenades, an Uzi submachine gun and a revolver, freed one child who was running a fever in a four-hour standoff.....
....A local politician, Senator Ramon Revilla, entered the bus to talk with the gunmen, and returned around 30 minutes later with hopes but no signs of progress. He is believed to know Ducat personally.....
<tinfoilhat>hmmm... publicity stunt?</tinfoilhat>
....The man identified as Jun Ducat, accompanied by at least one other man and believed to be armed with grenades, an Uzi submachine gun and a revolver, freed one child who was running a fever in a four-hour standoff.....
....A local politician, Senator Ramon Revilla, entered the bus to talk with the gunmen, and returned around 30 minutes later with hopes but no signs of progress. He is believed to know Ducat personally.....
<tinfoilhat>hmmm... publicity stunt?</tinfoilhat>