Hostage taker is currently believed to be holding campaign volunteers in Clinton’s Rochester New Hampshire office:

(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.

The man walked into the office at about 1 p.m., Maj. Michael Hambrook of the New Hampshire State Police told CNN affiliate WMUR-TV. […]

A woman and her baby were released by the hostage-taker, the woman told workers at a nearby business, according to the WMUR Web site.

A witness, Lettie Tzizik, told WMUR she spoke to a woman shortly after she was released from the office by the hostage-taker.

“A young woman with a 6-month or 8-month-old infant came rushing into the store just in tears, and she said, ‘You need 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 Web site reported. […]

Buildings close to the storefront campaign office on Main Street were evacuated, including local campaign centers for Clinton’s Democratic presidential rivals, Sen. Barack Obama and former senator John Edwards.

MsNBC is reporting that the man is demanding to talk to Senator Clinton, although police have not confirmed that claim. Senator Clinton has canceled a scheduled speech at the DNC meeting this afternoon. It’s unclear whether she is en route to New Hampshire. Hopefully this can be resolved peacefully without any loss of life.

More links at ejmw’s diary here.

Update [2007-11-30 15:30:25 by Steven D]: Two more hostages released according to WMUR in New Hampshire. Report says police are not sure if any other hostages still remain inside.

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