A man took people hostage at a New Hampshire campaign office for Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Hillary Clinton, police said Friday.
The man claimed to have a bomb strapped to him when he walked into the office in Rochester, WHDH-TV reported.
Police said they believe two hostages were being held and that the man had released an adult and a child.
Bill Shaheen, chairman of Clinton's campaign in New Hampshire, said the hostages were two volunteers. "Hopefully, they're going to negotiate this so no one gets hurt," Shaheen told WMUR-TV.
WMUR-TV quoted a woman, Lettie Tzizik, saying she spoke to someone who said she had just been released by the man.
"A young woman with a 6-month- or 8-month-old infant came rushing into the store just in tears, and she said, 'You need to call 911. A man has just walked into the Clinton office, opened his coat and showed us a bomb strapped to his chest with duct tape.'"
Police surrounded the building, evacuated the immediate area and placed other buildings, including a nearby school, under lockdown.
Clinton, who was scheduled to campaign in Virginia on Friday, was not at the office.
More later, including the inevitable wingnut ranting that the Clinton campaign did this themselves.
UPDATE: They are SO predictable. The Nation wades into the fetid swamp so I don't have to:
As the hostage situation at Hillary headquarters in New Hampshire unfolds, right-wing message boards like Free Republic are lighting up with sarcastic, conspiratorial, and even celebratory commentary.
Many Freepers joked that the hostage taker, a man claiming to have a bomb, was really a Clinton "plant." A few examples of conservative "humor:"To: raccoonradio
Is it Keith Kerr?
4 posted on 11/30/2007 10:33:20 AM PST by Antoninus (Republicans who support Rudy owe Bill Clinton an apology.)
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To: raccoonradio
Recruiting questioners?
19 posted on 11/30/2007 10:35:10 AM PST by Don Corleone (Leave the gun..take the cannoli)
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To: NonValueAdded
Too late. Billary has had them implanted. ( Haven't you noticed the deeper voice and the 5 o'clock shadow? )
29 posted on 11/30/2007 10:35:42 AM PST by Leisler (RNC, RINO National Committee. Always was, always will be.)
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Another Freeper invoked the tawdry, fabricated rumor of a lesbian affair between Hillary and staffer Huma Abedin:To: coloradan
Is Huma with Hillary today? probably
34 posted on 11/30/2007 10:36:04 AM PST by txflake (Yes there were WMDs)
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And what would a Freeper thread be without some reference to Bill Clinton's sexual dalliances?To: raccoonradio
Has Bill got Ms. Willey cornered again?
See what we have to look forward to if Hillary is the nominee? It's going to be a long, long year.
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