Armed Man Holds Hostages at Hillary Clinton Campaign Office in New Hampshire

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An armed man claiming to have a bomb walked into a Hillary Clinton campaign office in Rochester, New Hampshire, and could be holding as many as four staffers hostage, a federal official told FOX News.

The assailant said he wanted to speak with Senator Clinton, the official said.

Police have responded to a hostage situation at the office. Clinton is not in New Hampshire.

State and local officials are managing the situation, the official told FOX.

This story is developing. Please refresh for updates.

WMUR.com reported: "A young woman with a 6-month or 8-month-old infant came rushing into [a nearby store] just in tears, and she said, 'You need to call 911. A man has just walked into the Clinton office, opened his coat and showed us a bomb strapped to his chest with duct tape,'" witness Lettie Tzizik said.

A Clinton spokesman said no one has been hurt.

Clinton was scheduled to speak at the Democratic National Committee fall meeting later Friday in Northern Virginia.

FOX News' Catherine Herridge contributed to this report.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,314302,00.html

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FORD? you're not on the east coast, are you FORD?...

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Rumor has it it is the disgruntled husband of the hottie Shrillary is banging.

Developing.......

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Originally posted by knuckleboner
FORD? you're not on the east coast, are you FORD?...

Yeah, like I'm gonna risk getting taken out by Secret Service snipers just to make a statement about how much Hillary sucks.

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Wait a minute.... New Hampshire???

Anyone heard from WAR lately?

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Originally posted by FORD
Yeah, like I'm gonna risk getting taken out by Secret Service snipers just to make a statement about how much Hillary sucks.

i'm just trying to give you an alibi, if necessary...

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Originally posted by FORD
about how much Hillary sucks.

If she had, maybe Ken $tarr would have been unemployed sooner.

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At Least 2 Hostages Released From Clinton's N.H. Office
Intruder Has What Police Describe as a Pipe Bomb

In this image taken from WMU- TV, S.W.A.T. team members escort a hostage out of Hillary Rodham Clinton's campaign office in Rochester, N.H. Friday Nov. 30, 2007. A man claiming to have a bomb walked into a Clinton campaign and took at least two hostages, police and witnesses said. (WMUR-TV/AP Photo)By RUSSELL GOLDMAN
Nov. 30, 2007
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At least one adult and a baby were released from Sen. Hillary Clinton's campaign office in Rochester, N.H., today, some two hours after an armed man claiming to have a pipe bomb strapped to his chest and demanding to speak with the senator entered the office and took at least four hostages.


How Authorities Approach Hostage SituationsLocal police are believed to be negotiating with a man described as a well-known local resident with a history of emotional problems who told his son to "watch the news today." He is said to be in his 40s with salt-and-pepper hair.

Clinton was not in the New Hampshire office Friday but was scheduled to give an address at the Democratic National Committee meeting in Vienna, Va.

Local and police have surrounded the storefront office and snipers were seen on the roofs surrounding buildings. Sources told ABC News that federal agents, a SWAT team and hostage negotiators are on stand-by.


Speaking from Virignia, where Clinton was expected to address the Democratic National Committee, DNC chairman Howard Dean confirmed the incident, calling it "a hostage situation involving a Clinton staffer."

One federal law-enforcement official told ABC News there were four hostages at the Clinton office, but that there was no federal involvement at this time.

Clinton's campaign office issued the following statement:

"There is an ongoing situation in our Rochester, N.H., office. We are in close contact with state and local authorities and are acting at their direction. We will release additional details as appropriate."

There were no immediate plans for the senator to go to New Hampshire.

Witnesses at the scene said a women and her baby ran from the building and called police.

"A young woman with a six-month or eight-month-old infant came rushing into the store just in tears, and she said, 'You need to call 911. A man has just walked into the Clinton office, opened his coat and showed us a bomb strapped to his chest with duct tape,'" witness Lettie Tzizik told WMUR-TV.

The Rochester offices of Clinton contenders John Edwards and Sen. Barack Obama have been closed and evacuated and a local school is on lockdown.

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I wonder how long it took before Team Hillary put a poll in the field...


Transcript:

Madam/Sir, Would you be more likely, or less likely to vote for Hillary if the bomber detonated his device?