Malaysia police kill hostage taker at kindergarten (AP)



Malaysian paramedics carry an injured hostage-taker in a stretcher to an ambulance after police shot him in the head during an operation to end a hostage drama at a kindergarten in Muar, in the southern state of Johor, Malaysia, Thursday, July 7, 2011. (AP Photo) MALAYSIA OUT, NO SALES, NO ARCHIVEAP - A machete-wielding man who took 30 children and four teachers hostage for six hours in a Malaysian kindergarten has died after being shot by police, an official said Friday.