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An armed man claiming to be a member of the al-Qaida terrorist network was killed by police hours after taking at least a dozen people hostage in a college classroom this afternoon in Tennessee. Two hostages were wounded during the nine-hour standoff. Dyersburg Police Chief Bobby Williamson initially said the gunman fatally shot himself, but he later confirmed that officers shot him. Authorities identified the man as Harold Kilpatrick Jr., a 26-year-old Memphis man who was staying with his sister in the town of Dyersburg. Kilpatrick, who had a 9 mm pistol and a knife, released four people several hours...

This just reported by Fox correspondent in Moscow. The Islamic extremists holding almost 600 hostage at the Moscow theater say absolutely no more hostages will be released for any reason....their demands must be met.