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KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — A machete-wielding man who took 30 children and four teachers hostage for six hours in a Malaysian kindergarten has died after being shot by police, an official said today.
None of the captives was harmed during the tense hostage drama Thursday in the southern city of Muar in Johor state. The crisis ended when the 40-year-old man was shot in the head by a single bullet, said Jalaluddin Abdul Rahman, the state’s deputy police chief.
The hostage-taker, who was thought to have mental problems, was taken to hospital where he died late Thursday.
The children had been heard singing in what was thought to be an attempt to calm the man, the Bernama news agency reported.
Denver Post wire services
