An irate man, carrying a nail-driving gun, takes a woman hostage on
a bus in Guiyang,
Guizhou Province December 26. In this picture,
the police were negotiating with the hostage taker.
The man was later diagnosed to be suffering from intermittent
mental disorder. He first confronted with the police with knives
and a nail-driving gun, and then hopped onto a bus and took a woman
passenger hostage. A sniper shot and injured the man, and the
hostage was freed unhurt.
(Xinhua News Agency December 28, 2006)
