Thursday, February 7, 2013

Military tactics, equipment helped authorities end Alabama hostage standoff

Federal investigators late Tuesday revealed that they have found explosives in the bunker where a 5-year-old Alabama boy was held hostage for nearly a week -- and that the kidnapper was killed only after opening fire first

New details are emerging about the FBI's rescue of 5-year-old Alabama hostage Ethan. Martin Savidge reports on how the raid took place, new photos of the bunker scene, and bombs found at the site.

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Jimmy Lee Dykes, the man who held a 5-year-old boy hostage for nearly a week in an underground bunker in Alabama, had two homemade explosive devices on his property and engaged in a firefight with SWAT agents before they stormed the bunker and

MIDLAND CITY, Alabama (Reuters) - Bomb technicians searched for explosive devices Wednesday after two were found at the rural Alabama property where a man, who had held a young boy hostage in an underground bunker for nearly a week, was killed

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