13/12/2010 15:09
French children taken hostage in preschool
A 17-year-old armed with swords took about 20 small children and their teacher hostage Monday at a preschool in eastern France, AFP reports.
Fourteen of the children were later released but five or six remained inside the school in the city of Besancon.
The teen's motives are unclear.
The preschool was surrounded by police and the other classes were evacuated.
The hostage taker had suffered from depression, a police official said.