They had held a group of children hostage for almost six and a half hours.

It was not clear whether the two men were holding the children hostage.

Holding a child hostage was not a normal part of their expertise.

That's the very small price we have paid so far to rescue forty men, women and children hostages.

The Russians took around forty women and children hostage while the men were not in the village.

Taking the children hostage, the police quickly began to barricade the windows and doors.

"All right," he said, "let's take the children hostage until they release the prisoners."

They then freed the last child hostage and another group of adults, Tetereviatnikov said.

The Rangers took a dozen women and children hostage.

Isn't holding children hostage and threatening their lives contrary to your own principles?