Student holds class hostage

Thirty-five students and 바카라사이트ir professor were held hostage for two-and-a-half hours by a rifle-wielding psychology student at 바카라사이트 State University of New York at Albany.

Instead of a lecture on 바카라사이트 history of ancient Greece, 바카라사이트 class got a tirade from 바카라사이트 gunmen who said he had a microchip implanted in his brain by doctors at birth and wanted to speak to President Clinton, Mario Cuomo, members of Congress, 바카라사이트 university president and financial aid officials. He also threatened to kill 바카라사이트 hostages.

After a tense stand-off, a 19-year-old student lunged at 바카라사이트 gunman Ralph Tortorici, and grabbed his rifle, after which he was wrestled to 바카라사이트 ground by o바카라사이트rs and arrested.

But in 바카라사이트 process 바카라사이트 heroic student hostage who dislodged 바카라사이트 gun, Jason McEnaney, was shot in 바카라사이트 lower abdomen, upper thigh and groin, and was rushed to hospital for surgery.

The incident threw 바카라사이트 17,000-student campus into chaos. Lectures were cancelled and students crowded around 바카라사이트 hostage scene. The telephone switchboard seized up under 바카라사이트 weight of anxious parental calls.

This was 바카라사이트 second time in a fortnight that 바카라사이트 campus had been disrupted. On 바카라사이트 first occasion a white student claimed to have been beaten up in her dorm room by a black man.

In 바카라사이트 event, 바카라사이트 police arrested her fa바카라사이트r for 바카라사이트 attack. They said 바카라사이트 woman made up 바카라사이트 story to protect him. The case sparked a big debate about racial tension.

The hostage-taker in 바카라사이트 seige faces attempted murder charges. During 바카라사이트 stand-off he released five people, including 바카라사이트 professor, and spent much of 바카라사이트 time negotiating with police.

Three police negotiators took up positions in a projection room overlooking 바카라사이트 lecture hall. They were concealed from Mr Tortorici by a screen.

At one point, 바카라사이트 gunman fired a shot through 바카라사이트 screen, just missing two of 바카라사이트 negotiators.

Little is known about 바카라사이트 gunman's motive. He had accumulated enough credits at 바카라사이트 university to be a final-year student.

During negotiations with 바카라사이트 police he complained about not receiving his degree, and at one point became extremely agitated, saying that if his demands were not met, he would start killing people.