Police kill man who took toddler hostage in Shanghai KFC

Chinese police shot and killed a man who held a three-year-old girl at knifepoint for more than six hours at a Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant in western Shanghai, state media said.

Shanghai Television news said in a brief report that the man was shot and killed at 9.35pm (14.35pm Irish time) yesterday after a long stand-off with police. It said the girl was unharmed.