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CNN: 167 passengers released, 7 held hostages in Jamaica
(Agencies)
Updated: 2009-04-20 14:27 KINGSTON - A gunman was holding five crew members and two passengers hostage on a passenger jet in Montego Bay, Jamaica, on Monday after 167 passengers were released, authorities said.
The officer, who asked not to be identified because he had not been authorized to discuss the hostage situation, said no one had been injured. Most of the passengers released from the CanJet plane had been taken to Cornwall Regional Hospital in Montego Bay, some of them suffering from shock, the officer told Reuters. He said the man holding the seven remaining hostages was armed with a handgun. The officer was unable to give any further details in a telephone interview from the Caribbean resort. |