From MSNBC:
A man took an unknown number of people hostage at a New Hampshire campaign office for Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Hillary Clinton, police said Friday.
The man claimed to have a bomb strapped to him when he walked into the office in Rochester, WHDH-TV reported.
Police said they believe two hostages were being held and that the man had released an adult and a child.
I will try to update as more details come available. Note that right now there is no information on motivation; it could be political, or it could just as likely be a personal dispute gone horribly over the edge.
More on this:
The Boston Channel
WMUR New Hampshire
CNN
dKos Front page story by DHinMI and diary by roseeriter where they are giving updates and getting comments faster than I’ll be able to update (and likely faster than MSM websites too).
Update [2007-11-30 14:33:26 by ejmw]:
The CNN link appears to confirm that there are 2 hostages:
(CNN) — Two people are being held hostage by an armed man at Sen. Hillary Clinton’s campaign office in Rochester, New Hampshire, police said Friday.
Update [2007-11-30 14:36:52 by ejmw]:
dKos commenters are saying that the TV news coverage is reporting that the hostage taker is demanding to talk to Hillary. Shit.
Update [2007-11-30 14:45:46 by ejmw]:
John Edwards and Barack Obama have evacuated their campaign offices in Rochester as a precaution and all of their staffers are present and accounted for.
Update [2007-11-30 15:16:39 by ejmw]:
The msnbc link has some details on the Clinton campaign response, which is really the only responsible one to make:
[Clinton] did not respond publicly to the reported demands, but her campaign issued this statement: “We are in close contact with state and local authorities and are acting at their direction. We will release additional details as appropriate.”
Update [2007-11-30 15:19:26 by ejmw]:
DHinMI says:
NH TV station WMUR has just reported that two hostages have been released. If in fact there were only two hostages remaining in the office, that would mean all the hostages are now safe, and only the man remains in the office.
