A fake suicide bomber holed
himself up in a school near Foligno in Marche Thursday morning
in a bid to get greater access to his daughter.
The man said he had explosive devices attached to his body
which he threatened to set off in a suicide bomber attack.
But when he came out, after about two hours, police found
they were harmless containers and electrical wires.
The man said he staged the fake incident to protest about the
fact that he wasn't able to see his daughter regularly after
separating from his wife.
Children were evacuated during the incident.
Initially the man had holed up along with his daughter too
but later let her out some time before he came out too.
The man has been placed under investigation for causing an
alarm, interrupting a public service and abduction.
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