1 dead, 2 wounded in hostage-taking incident in Dipolog jail | Inquirer News

1 dead, 2 wounded in hostage-taking incident in Dipolog jail

/ 07:22 PM December 28, 2011

MANILA, Philippines—Authorities said Wednesday that negotiations were ongoing at a hostage-taking incident inside the Dipolog City Jail during which at least one detainee was killed.

Chief Superintendent Agrimero Cruz Jr., spokesman of the Philippine National Police, said that a group of inmates took hostage several other detainees inside Cell No. 2 around 12:25 p.m.

He said the Zamboanga del Norte provincial police had confirmed the death of one of the inmates while two others were reported wounded.

No other information about the incident was available as of posting.—Karen Boncocan

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