Man Seizes Hostages at Clinton Campaign Office
NPR.org, November 30, 2007 · A man claiming to have a bomb was holding at least two hostages at Sen. Hillary Clinton's campaign office in Rochester, N.H., police and witnesses said, according to The Associated Press.
The man had what appeared to be a bomb strapped to himself, said Bill Shaheen, a top state campaign official. He seized two hostages, both campaign volunteers, and released others, Shaheen said.
The area around the office has been evacuated and authorities were sending a tactical bomb unit to assist local police, Maj. Michael Handbrook of New Hampshire State Police told the AP.
Clinton was not in the office at the time. She was scheduled to give an address at the Democratic National Committee meeting in Vienna, Va.
Witness Lettie Tzizik told television station WMUR of Manchester that she spoke to a woman who was released from the office by the suspect. The woman, who was carrying an infant and crying, told Tzizik "to call 911. A man has just walked into the Clinton office, opened his coat and showed us a bomb strapped to his chest with duct tape."
The Clinton office is located in the downtown area of Rochester in a strip of several storefronts.
Workers for Sen. Barack Obama's campaign office in Rochester also were evacuated, a campaign spokesman said. The office is four doors away from Clinton's. Staffers in John Edwards' office, a few buildings away, evacuated as well.
From NPR reports and The Associated Press
The man is clearly insane though. He should have used electrical tape for this.
