Canada B.C.- Man holds ex-girlfriend hostage for six-hours with a SUICIDE-VEST strapped to his body before releasing her and blowing himself and her house up.

Canada B.C.- Man holds ex-girlfriend hostage for six-hours with a SUICIDE-VEST strapped to his body before releasing her and blowing himself and her house up.(DM)(CBC).One man is dead, but a woman and her family managed to escape a violent hostage-taking in Kamloops, B.C. last night that ended with an explosion destroying a family home. The incident began late Thursday afternoon when a neighbour saw a man armed with a long gun burst into the home in the 1400 block of Cannel Drive.
"Shortly after entering the house, the suspect fired a shot into the ceiling of the home and told all but his former girlfriend to leave the house," said RCMP Staff Sgt. Grant Learned.
"The new boyfriend grabbed the three children closest and fled out the front door while the other child fled to a bedroom and escaped by climbing out a window."
Police quickly surrounded the home, evacuated the neighbourhood and established contact with the 48-year-old Surrey man, who said he was distraught over his break up with the woman two years ago. "The man told police that he had explosives wired to his body, that explosives were in the residence, that an explosive device was wired to the gas tank of his vehicle and that there was a second bomb in the car," said Learned. "The suspect, who is an electrician by trade, provided specific details to the negotiator regarding how the explosives were wired and how he would be able to detonate the devices remotely."Police negotiated with the man and finally after six and half hours, they managed to talk the suspect into letting the woman go unharmed.But shortly after the woman was released, the phone line went silent and two explosions rocked the house. As it went up in flames, a third explosion rocked the neighbourhood. The fire crew tried to fight the flames, but could not approach the house because of concerns there were more explosives inside and in the suspect's vehicle that was parked nearby. "As the heat and flame intensified, two RCMP bomb squad members ran to the suspect’s van to assess the threat of the reported explosive devices."Through the windows of the vehicle they could see a series of wires leading from a switch attached to the driver’s door and one set of wires attached to a metal pipe bomb on the vehicle consol. In the back, they could see a five gallon gas can and a 20 pound propane cylinder."Read and See (Video's) the full story here and here.