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Factory Is Site of 2-Hour Hostage Incident

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From Times Wire Reports

A woman apparently upset about the firing of a friend took three people hostage at a Caterpillar factory in Clayton before gradually releasing them and surrendering.

No one was injured during the two-hour incident at the construction-equipment plant southeast of Raleigh.

The woman appeared to be holding a shotgun and claimed she had explosives when she walked into the plant’s lobby in mid-afternoon, said Johnston County Sheriff Steve Bizzell. The woman, who was not immediately identified, was jailed.

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