A woman was held at gunpoint and taken hostage.

Dozens of police officers are trying to rescue a woman being threatened with a knife by a young man in Thuong Tin, Hanoi.

According to many witnesses, the young man entered the Central Psychiatric Hospital I (Thuong Tin district), then suddenly forced a nurse into a taxi and forced her to move to the area of ​​National Highway 1A.old.

The car was called by the police.

When reaching Tran Phu street (Thuong Tin), the driver jumped out of the car. Then, the young man continued to control the female hostage and took her to the flower shop area next to house number 105.

He held an object that looked like a gun, pressed it around the hostage's neck, and held a knife in his right hand, threatening.

Dozens of police arrived at the scene and tried to persuade the young man to release him, but were unsuccessful.At 10:30 a.m., at the young man's request, the police sent a driver with an Innova car to transport three people, including the hostage and a friend of his.

Young man restrains female nurse.

The blue-plate car carrying three people was moving from Thuong Tin towards Hanoi city center.At least four police cars, criminal police and dozens of specialized police motorbikes followed the Innova.

The 7-seater car went about a kilometer and then stopped.next to the 500KV power station on Tran Phu Street. Both the victim and two young men were still in the car. The scene is currently blocked off.

The leader of Thuong Tin District People's Committee said that authorities are taking every measure to rescue the hostages.

Colonel Duong Van Giap (Head of Criminal Police Department, Hanoi Police) was present at the scene to direct the functional forces on duty.

According to VNE