12-15-2014, 09:28 AM
(12-15-2014, 09:04 AM)HairOfTheDog Wrote: Anyway, good to see 5 hostages are free. Did the guy let the 5 hostages go or did they escape and run to freedom? He's reportedly pacing and making silly demands. Were I a remaining hostage, I'd probably be thinking like cannongal -- make a break for it if there's a clear path out or band together and rush the guy rather than sit in wait. Hope they're free soon.
Very good to see for them and their loved ones..
To answer CG, I guess I'm not really sure other than wagering a guess that this type of thing, or any type of hostage/gun crime is so foreign in this country so I think people tend to see a gun, think the worst and do what they're told. That and there are reports he has a backpack of some kind with explosives, highly unsubstantiated, but if that were the case there may be the fear of setting that off.
I believe the first three hostages were confirmed as escaping. From what I read somewhere, the subsequent pair were released as part of the whole demands process. This again leads me to believe this is an amature terrorist, for want of a better term. I would have thought a hardcore, organised terrorist group would have ensured nobody escaped and if they did, an example was set.
I think this guy has some issues and is wanting to be a martyr, all brought on of his own accord.