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Hostage drama unfolds at Toronto Star newsroom

Dramatic video of police and Toronto Star reporters involved in a hostage negotiation. A hostage situation at a GTA massage parlour ended with police making arrest and no injuries. "I actively tried to get help and nobody would help me!" Read more of the story at the Toronto Star: https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2017... Or read an excerpt of the story below: ‘I took a hostage. Are you listening to me?’ Wednesday morning, a man called the Toronto Star saying he was “at a breaking point.” It was clear this was unlike any other call into the newsroom. It began with what seemed like any other tip called in to the Toronto Star’s 24-hour news desk. But the man on the line — his voice steady, at times upset but never once raised — would soon reveal he had made a desperate move. He was “at a breaking point.” He needed to be listened to. This is what it would take, he said. Over the phone, a woman’s desperate screams could be heard — “I have family!” she cried. It was clear this was unlike any other call into the newsroom. What unfolded beginning around 9:30 a.m. Wednesday was a daylight hostage-taking in an Eglinton West massage parlour tucked into an industrial area strip mall. Heavily armed members of Toronto police’s Emergency Task Force soon descended on the area, patrolling the area with guns and taking position on top of nearby buildings, according to witnesses. Read more at thestar.com