Lagos gunman hands himself over, hostages unharmed

By TPN/Lusa, in Algarve · 05-10-2015 12:56:00 · 0 Comments

An armed man who barricaded himself inside a bureau of the Children and Youth Protection Commission in Lagos in the Algarve for nine hours, gave himself up to the authorities shortly after 6pm. The three hostages he was holding were released unharmed.





Several SWAT teams had earlier gathered are at the scene while negotiations were ongoing.





The man, aged 45, is said to have entered the premises at around 9.15am and shot a police officer in the head during a first approach, but without causing serious injury.





He had demanded to speak to reporters to tell them his story after he lost custody of his children.





Several dozen police officers were at the scene and set up a security perimeter while they tried to negotiate with the man.

The premises are in a residential area of Lagos, near a secondary school.