Hostage-takers 'threatened to kill children one-by-one'

Masked gunmen seized dozens of children at an international school in north-western Cambodia today, killing a three-year-old Canadian boy and threatening to shoot the others one-by-one before police rescued the remaining hostages, police and government officials said.

The attackers stormed Siem Reap International School this morning, taking students from several countries hostage and demanding money, weapons and a vehicle before police ended the six-hour stand-off, taking four gunmen into custody, at least one of whom was wounded.