Gallery: Father holds daughter, 2, hostage

A police officer carries the baby to safety after the father held her hostage at their home in Hanover Park. Picture Leon Lestrade
A police officer carries the baby to safety after the father held her hostage at their home in Hanover Park. Picture Leon Lestrade
Police Special Task Force members storms the house in Hanover Park where a father held his baby hostage. Picture Leon Lestrade
A police officer carries the baby to safety after the father held her hostage at their home in Hanover Park. Picture Leon Lestrade
A father threatened to kill his two-year-old daughter and himself during a three-hour hostage drama in Cape Town. The man, from Hanover Park, reportedly suffering from a mental illness, threatened to stab his daughter to death and then kill himself if he was not paid a ransom of R1 million for the toddler's release.
The suspect is taken into custody by police after the hostage drama that onfolded in Hanover Park. Picture Leon Lestrade
The suspect is taken into custody by police after the hostage drama that onfolded in Hanover Park. Picture Leon Lestrade

Published Mar 5, 2011

A father threatened to kill his two-year-old daughter and himself during a three-hour hostage drama in Cape Town. The man, from Hanover Park, reportedly suffering from a mental illness, threatened to stab his daughter to death and then kill himself if he was not paid a ransom of R1 million for the toddler's release.