| There are peaks and troughs linked to the way the hostage-taker is behaving. |
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| The hostage-taker had robbed the bank with another man earlier yesterday, and it was not clear at what point he had slipped away. |
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| The hostage-taker is a jobless father-of-three and is believed to be on disability allowance. |
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| The hostage-taker had threatened to shoot PCs David Abernethy-Clark and Glen Miller after they went to the house at Rhyl in north Wales. |
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| The hostage-taker, Amedy Coulibaly and an accomplice were shot dead in the operation. |
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| Police cordoned off the building and negotiated with the hostage-taker via phone. |
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| Police posing as journalists shot and badly wounded the hostage-taker using a gun disguised as a camera as he emerged holding a child and a grenade. |
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