Six held after five-hour siege in which family were apparently held hostage

POLICE were questioning six people last night after a family was apparently held hostage in their Derry home for five hours.

The drama began around lunchtime when armed police surrounded the house at Duncreggan Road, believing a pregnant woman, her partner and a young girl were being held captive by two men, one of them armed.

It is believed the men may have been involved in a raid on a credit union in the city earlier.