Man Takes Hostages at Clinton Office in N.H.
A man claiming to have a bomb has taken at least two workers hostage at Sen. Hillary Clinton's campaign office in Rochester, N.H.
WMUR reports that a witness says a woman rushed with her baby into a neighboring business and told the employees that a man had entered the office and showed what appeared to be a bomb taped to his chest. He then let the woman and her baby leave.
"There are sharp shooters on the roof, and police are negotiating with someone in the building," said another witness. "The police are notifying all the business owners on the street to evacuate. There are fire trucks behind the Hillary Clinton office."
Rochester is about 20 miles north of Portsmouth near the Maine border.
Clinton was scheduled to attend a Democratic National Committee meeting in Virginia today. Boston.com reports that workers for Sen. Barack Obama and former Sen. John Edwards were also evacuated from their offices.
Update: WMUR reports that two hostages have been released from the Clinton campaign office, but it was unclear if there were any more inside. CNN reports that Sen. Clinton has canceled the speech she was to give at the DNC meeting in Virginia because of the situation in Rochester.
2:47 PM ET | 11-30-2007 | permalink
