Hostage-takers free one captive–police

MANILA, Philippines — Police said hostage takers released a bookkeeper from the bank they held up in Cavite Thursday afternoon, a police spokesman said.

Four men took hostage eight bank personnel at the Masuerte Rural Bank in Bacoor, Cavite, said Chief Superintendent Agrimero Cruz Jr., Philippine National Police spokesman.

A Crisis Management Committee has been established and Special Weapons and Tactics officers have been sent to the area, said Cruz.

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