Four masked men, believed armed with gun, entered a private-run international school at about 9:30 am on Thursday in Cambodia's northwestern tourist city of Siem Reap and took about 70 students hostage. About 30 students were released later, leaving some 40 still at the hand of hostage-takers.
Cambodian police successfully ended the six-hour long hostage crisis in the northwestern city of Siem Reap with four hostage-takers arrested.
Cambodian soldiers wait in front of the Siem Reap International School.
Police opened fire at the hostage-takers when they attempted to escape with several children and arrested the four.
Cambodian authorities sit outside the Siem Reap Internatinal School.
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