Hostage situation in Westland, Michigan – local media
A man with an explosive device is holding hostages inside Westland City Hall, according to CBS Detroit.
Police have locked-down a section of Westland, Michigan near
Detroit as the bomb squad has been called in to handle a developing
situation at the town’s city hall.
The Michigan State Police bomb squad has been called to the
scene, reported WJBK Monday afternoon, and at least two schools in
the area have been placed on precautionary lockdown.
Reportedly, a man entered Westland City Hall with explosives,
but the police have declined to comment further other than telling
local media there’s “a situation.”
“We heard there’s a bomb situation at City Hall,” Kristen
McRae, who works at Griffith Veterinary Hospital near City Hall,
told the Detroit Free Press. “We have a chopper flying above.
There’s a heavy police presence.”
“I heard it’s a hostage situation,” an employee of a
nearby Boston Market restaurant added.
Westland, MI is located around 16 miles west of Detroit and is
the tenth largest city in the state of Michigan.
This article originally appeared on : RT
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