Man holds 1-year-old daughter hostage

MANILA, Philippines - A man held hostage his one-year-old daughter in Pasay City for three hours yesterday morning.

The mother of the victim said she was unaware of any issue that could have prompted her husband to hostage their daughter.

She said her husband, who told her that he would be going to a computer shop Saturday night, was drunk when brought home by his brother at their residence at Higgins street in Barangay 185 in Maricaban yesterday morning.

A few hours later, the man took his daughter and threatened to kill her with a knife.

“Sabi ko ‘wala tayong problema’ sabi niya ‘wag ka makialam papatayin ko yung bata. (I told her, we don’t have any problem, but he told me not to bother him and that he would kill our daughter),” a radio report quoting the mother said.

The hostage drama ended after three hours, when Chief Inspector Joey Goforth, head of the Pasay police investigation, broke into the house and grabbed the father.

Goforth said he had to use night vision goggles because the father turned off the lights.

The baby was rescued unharmed.