Discovery Channel Hostages: Gunman Shot By Police

A man who railed against the Discovery Channel's environmental programming for years burst into the company's headquarters with at least one explosive device strapped to his body Wednesday and took three people hostage at gunpoint before police shot him to death, officials said.

The hostages – two Discovery Communications employees and a security guard – were unhurt after the four-hour standoff. Montgomery County Police Chief Thomas Manger said tactical officers moved in after officers monitoring the gunman on building security cameras saw him pull out a handgun and point it at a hostage. Read more at Fox News

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Hostage crisis involving sacked policeman unfolds in Manila (VIDEO)

A Filipino angry at being fired from the police force was holding hostage 15 Hong Kong tourists and their driver on a bus in downtown Manila on Monday.

The gunman, identified as Rolando Mendoza and armed with an automatic rifle, had said, via a handwritten note, that a "big deal" would happen after 3 p.m. (3 a.m. EDT), but the deadline passed without incident. A ninth hostage, a Filipino, has since been released, and negotiations continued as the stand-off stretched to almost eight hours and rain began to fall. [Read the full article here]

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