Workers Held Hostage At Clinton Office In N.H.
(WBZ) ROCHESTER, N.H. A man is holding at least two people hostage at the presidential campaign office for Sen. Hillary Clinton in Rochester, New Hampshire.
WBZ has learned he walked into the office with some sort of device strapped to him, claiming it was a bomb.
State Police said the man released a mother and a child from the office, but is holding others.
Clinton is not there. She is in Virginia. She was scheduled to speak at a Democratic National Committee event this afternoon, but she has cancelled her appearance.
Bill Shaheen, chairman of Clinton's campaign, said someone walked into the satellite office with what appears to be a bomb strapped to his chest. Two staffers, whom he described as volunteers, were held hostage and others were released.
Workers for Sen. Barack Obama's campaign office in Rochester also were evacuated, a campaign spokesman said. The office is four doors away from Clinton's. John Edwards' staffers and several businesses in the neighborhood also were evacuated.
Police have gathered at a nearby church and set up a command post there. SWAT teams and the State Police bomb squad are heading to the scene.
"We are trying to establish contact with the person inside," Rochester Police Capt. Callahan told WBZ's Joe Shortsleeve.
(WBZ) ROCHESTER, N.H. A man is holding at least two people hostage at the presidential campaign office for Sen. Hillary Clinton in Rochester, New Hampshire.
WBZ has learned he walked into the office with some sort of device strapped to him, claiming it was a bomb.
State Police said the man released a mother and a child from the office, but is holding others.
Clinton is not there. She is in Virginia. She was scheduled to speak at a Democratic National Committee event this afternoon, but she has cancelled her appearance.
Bill Shaheen, chairman of Clinton's campaign, said someone walked into the satellite office with what appears to be a bomb strapped to his chest. Two staffers, whom he described as volunteers, were held hostage and others were released.
Workers for Sen. Barack Obama's campaign office in Rochester also were evacuated, a campaign spokesman said. The office is four doors away from Clinton's. John Edwards' staffers and several businesses in the neighborhood also were evacuated.
Police have gathered at a nearby church and set up a command post there. SWAT teams and the State Police bomb squad are heading to the scene.
"We are trying to establish contact with the person inside," Rochester Police Capt. Callahan told WBZ's Joe Shortsleeve.
