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A very scary and sensational international news is coming out from the American state of California. There is panic in the entire area after a live threat was received to bomb a multi-storey building of the famous ‘Chase Bank’ located in Bakersfield city of California. An unidentified and suspicious adult man has entered the bank and taken several innocent community members and customers hostage and has completely locked himself inside the building. As soon as information about this serious incident was received, American security agencies immediately came on high alert and commandos surrounded the bank from all sides.
Police received a scary call at 1 pm, security cordon formed at Chester Avenue and 17th Street
Sharing full details of the shocking incident, the Bakersfield Police Department said that they received an emergency call at around 1:00 pm local time. The call reported that a plot had been hatched to bomb the main branch of Chase Bank, located at the intersection of Chester Avenue and 17th Street. Initial investigation by the police confirmed that a mad man was holding several people hostage inside the bank. However, it is a matter of relief that till now there has been no news of injury or casualty to any citizen in this incident. Local police and special detective officers immediately reached the spot and took charge of security.
Crisis Negotiation Team took charge, some people managed to escape safely
In view of this serious crisis that arose within the bank, the American police acted very wisely. The police immediately evacuated the bank building as well as all the nearby operating businesses, shops and offices and created a strong sanitary cordon in the entire area. During this time, some members of the community trapped inside the bank somehow managed to get out safely with their wisdom. According to the official statement of the Bakersfield Police Department, Crisis Negotiation Team specialist officers are continuously maintaining contact with the suspect inside the bank through telephone and other electronic means so that he can be persuaded to surrender without any harm.
FBI and Homeland Security took command, safe rescue of a hostage
According to international media network ABC News, America’s largest investigative agency FBI and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) have also taken charge on the ground to solve this high-profile hostage crisis. Sergeant Eric Celadon of the Bakersfield Police Department, while giving a briefing to the media and journalists, said that due to the tireless efforts of our crisis negotiation team and the strategic assistance of the FBI’s negotiation team, we were completely successful in securing the safe surrender and evacuation of one hostage initially.
Special security resources are being called from across the state, no one has been arrested at this time
The police administration has clarified that keeping security and sensitivity in mind, no haste is being taken in this matter at present and no official arrest of the main accused has been made yet. SWAT teams equipped with state-of-the-art weapons and specialized technical resources from different parts of the state of California have been dispatched to Bakersfield. Police have given strict instructions to the general public not to go to Chester Avenue and its surrounding roads due to security reasons.
