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2005-06-17 Southeast Asia

Cambodian police arrest hostage drama 'mastermind'

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Posted by Fred 2005-06-17 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 "Visible through the window of the police station, the suspects were handcuffed and in their underwear. Bruises could be seen on their faces and one had stitches across his forehead."

That's what I'd call a good start, though I wonder why they wasted some perfectly good stitches.

Posted by .com 2005-06-17 01:06|| 2005-06-17 01:06|| Front Page Top

#2 Of course, on reflection, they might've been used...

Posted by .com 2005-06-17 05:56|| 2005-06-17 05:56|| Front Page Top

#3 Well, .com, when the stitches have been applied with a sewing machine...

Posted by Robert Crawford">Robert Crawford 2005-06-17 07:48|| http://www.kloognome.com/]">[http://www.kloognome.com/] 2005-06-17 07:48|| Front Page Top

#4 Lol, RC - zigzag or chain?

Posted by .com 2005-06-17 12:44|| 2005-06-17 12:44|| Front Page Top

#5 According to the version in the morning paper, the children's parents attacked the hostage takers. A number of angry dads pounded the tar out of them.

Posted by mom 2005-06-17 12:47|| 2005-06-17 12:47|| Front Page Top

#6 Even better! Thx for the update mom.

Posted by .com 2005-06-17 12:54|| 2005-06-17 12:54|| Front Page Top

#7 SIEM REAP, Cambodia (Reuters) - A Cambodian man who shot dead a Canadian toddler during a school hostage drama near Angkor Wat was driven by revenge against his South Korean ex-employer, police said on Friday. Chea Khom quit last week as driver for a Korean restaurant owner in Siem Reap, gateway to the famed 800-year-old temples, after being slapped in the face for taking the children to school late, senior police investigator Ou Em said.
He then decided to exact revenge by kidnapping the Korean's children from the school, hatching a plot with friends in Phnom Penh which led ultimately to Thursday's school siege and the death of the 2-year-old Canadian boy, he said.
"When he entered the school his first target was to kidnap the Korean children, but when he saw the parents of the children he was afraid to do it," Ou Em told reporters. "So he turned to another classroom and took them hostage."
Armed with knives and a handgun, the four hostage-takers, all in their 20s, first demanded $1,000 and a van in return for the release of the 29 infants in the class. Later, they increased the sum to $30,000, police said.
When negotiators stalled over the demand for weapons, Chea Khom and his accomplices started to lose their cool. "The gunmen demanded we give them money, a van and grenades. We did not agree to give them grenades and guns, so they got mad and shot the kid in the head," he told Reuters.

Kanika Cowled, a 6-year-old Cambodian-Australian girl who hid in the school library, said the Canadian child was singled out and shot in the head "because that little boy just yell."

Posted by Steve ">Steve 2005-06-17 14:11|| 2005-06-17 14:11|| Front Page Top

#8 Screwing with foreigners kids in a Cambodian town dependent on tourism? How long you figure these guys have to live?

Posted by tu3031 2005-06-17 14:14|| 2005-06-17 14:14|| Front Page Top

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