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Man shot dead after taking 20 people hostage during fake birthday party for daughter

A man who was holding more than 20 women and children hostage in his house has been shot dead by police, after a tense 10-hour standoff.

Subhash Batham had claimed that he was holding a birthday party for his daughter in a bid to lure them into his home.

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