Video Shows Moment Cleaver-Wielding Woman Takes Hostage Inside Police Station

California police have released security footage of the moment a woman armed with a meat cleaver took a woman hostage in a police lobby.
Video Shows Moment Cleaver-Wielding Woman Takes Hostage Inside Police Station
A woman armed with a meat cleaver taking another woman hostage in the lobby of the Salinas Police Department in Salinas, Calif., on Sept. 25, 2019. Salinas Police Department via AP
Isabel van Brugen
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California police have released security footage of the moment a woman armed with a meat cleaver took a woman hostage in its Northern California police department lobby.

The Salinas Police Department in California shared a surveillance clip on Twitter which shows the moment 22-year-old Mariel Capulong on Sept. 25 took a 43-year-old woman hostage, with one arm around her neck while wielding a cleaver with her right hand at the Lincoln Avenue building.

Isabel van Brugen
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Isabel van Brugen is an award-winning journalist. She holds a master's in newspaper journalism from City, University of London.
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