Six-year-old girl rescued unhurt in long ordeal

Six-year-old girl rescued unhurt in long ordeal

HIROSHIMA, Japan - A six-year-old girl, who had been held a knife-wielding 17-year-old hijacker of a highway express bus, is rescued safe at a service area on the Sanyo Expressway in Higashi-Hiroshima early on May 4. The photo shows the girl being carried in the arms of a police officer. She had been taking her first bus trip alone to visit her grandmother.

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