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20 year old Fuaed (FOO-od) Abdo Ahmed kidnapped 3 employees of Tensas State Bank branch - two women and a man around midday yesterday. He released one woman later and shot the other two remaining hostages, killing one of them, moments before he was shot and killed by the police.
This happened after long hours of negotiation with him. Ahmed was put through to a friend in Alaska during negotiations in getting him to free the hostages but he grew increasingly erratic with time and hung up on the police on several occasions.
Louisiana State Police superintendent Col. Mike Edmonson said “Ahmed was a mentally unstable man who believed a device had been implanted in his brain and said the standoff was not a bank robbery attempt but a planned attack. Ahmed had written a letter "detailing exactly what he was going to do.”
"He was mad at people that he said were mean to him," he said. "He had voices in his head."
The hostages were both shot with a handgun, but Ahmed was also armed with a rifle. He also had a duffel bag containing items he was going to torture the hostages with, Edmonson said.
"His intent was to inflict pain and kill these individuals," he said.
Edmonson said Ahmed's parents were from Yemen, but he was a U.S. citizen and there was no indication that he had a political or religious motive.
This happened after long hours of negotiation with him. Ahmed was put through to a friend in Alaska during negotiations in getting him to free the hostages but he grew increasingly erratic with time and hung up on the police on several occasions.
Louisiana State Police superintendent Col. Mike Edmonson said “Ahmed was a mentally unstable man who believed a device had been implanted in his brain and said the standoff was not a bank robbery attempt but a planned attack. Ahmed had written a letter "detailing exactly what he was going to do.”
"He was mad at people that he said were mean to him," he said. "He had voices in his head."
The hostages were both shot with a handgun, but Ahmed was also armed with a rifle. He also had a duffel bag containing items he was going to torture the hostages with, Edmonson said.
"His intent was to inflict pain and kill these individuals," he said.
Edmonson said Ahmed's parents were from Yemen, but he was a U.S. citizen and there was no indication that he had a political or religious motive.
