KL hostage drama ends, ex-convict dies

A 34-year-old man with a previous conviction for armed robbery, who barged into a house in Kampung Baru, Kuala Lumpur and took a 10-year-old girl hostage Monday, was shot by the police and died later in hospital.

The girl was unharmed.

Relating the ordeal, the girl's father, Shafrudin Marlis, 47, said that he, his wife and three children were watching TV at about 11am, when a half-naked man stormed into their home at Lorong Raja Muda Musa 6 and grabbed a knife from the kitchen.

Mother, daughter in hostage drama

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 21, 2011): A woman bravely took the place of her daughter and allowed herself to be held with a sword to her neck in hostage drama which stretched over eight hours today.

The 43-year-old woman did not hesitate to put her own life in the hands of a man who had earlier abducted her 24-year-old outside their house.

The daughter had been confronted by the man armed with a machete when she stepped out of her white BMW upon returning to their Gombak home about 2.30am.