WASHINGTON, Oct. 31, 2006 (PRIMEZONE) -- TASER International, Inc. (Nasdaq:TASR), a market leader in advanced electronic control devices, released the following News Alert:
According to news reports from the BBC out of the United Kingdom, a 39-year-old knife-wielding man attacked a worker and held another hostage at the Summerfold Medical Center in Burgess Hill, West Sussex Monday. The man, who cut a staff member before taking another hostage, refused to cooperate with officials and after five hours of failed negotiations, was subdued with a TASER device and taken into police custody.
The hostage was extremely shaken but was unharmed.
This information was compiled through publicly available media reports and distributed by Dittus Communications, Inc. of Washington, D.C.
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