Police shoot dead Cavite hostage taker

CAMP VICENTE LIM, Laguna, Philippines — Police shot dead a father who held hostage four people, including his two children, aged 5 and 7, in Barangay Sampaloc 4 in Dasmariñas City, Cavite yesterday.

According to police, the man was stabbing his 7-year-old son when responding officers arrived at the scene.

This was after the man stabbed his 5-year-old son to death as well as injured a 30-year-old neighbor and her daughter in University Hills Estate Subdivision.

Rescuers rushed the three surviving victims to the Pagamutan ng Dasmariñas for treatment of stab wounds.

Initial investigation showed that the man was suffering from anxiety and had kept himself and his sons locked inside their house for two days.