Reuters TV / Reuters Residents and police personnel stand outside the building where the man held hostages in Farrukhabad, Uttar Pradesh, January 30, 2020. The wife of the man who took 23 children hostage in Uttar Pradesh’s Farrukhabad died of injuries after she was beaten up by locals, NDTV reported. Indian Express, however, reported that the woman was killed in during the police operation to rescue the children. The children aged between six months and 15 years were held hostage for nearly eight hours, News18 reported. Inspector General of Police, Kanpur Range, Mohit Agarwal, said, “The man called the children for a birthday party and held them hostage in the basement of the house.

Source: Huffington Post January 31, 2020 04:41 UTC