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Hostage siege shooting 'justified'
The fatal police shooting of a man who barricaded himself into a Taranaki hotel during a 13-hour hostage siege was justified, the police watchdog says.
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Hostage taker killed by shot in head
A man who was fatally shot after holding his ex-girlfriend hostage died from...
Locals baffled by woman's bond with hostage-taker
People in the quiet seaside town of Opunake always wondered how a "lovely, kind and beautiful...
Siege gunman a repeat offender
The man shot dead by police yesterday had just got out of jail for trying to cut the throat of the woman he held hostage.
Hostage drama gunman shot dead
A man police shot dead after he took a woman hostage at gunpoint at a Taranaki Hotel overnight was released from jail last week. Police this afternoon named him as Anthony Ratahi, 46, from Stratford.