Indian man takes child’s birthday party hostage, shot dead by police
31 January 2020 |
1:02 pm
Subhash Batham was attempting to get authorities to drop a murder charge against him. He was out on bail when he held the 23 partygoers at gunpoint in an all-night standoff with police.
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