CID: Frentia priest arrested for links to terrorism
Leading Artorian cleric reportedly part of terror plan, Rodarian religious hate group
9 February 2013 | By Daniel Ellis (@danielellis) (UP)
The Jamestown apartment where Maximus Savrinola, 54, was arrested after a two-hour standoff with police. Photograph by Daniel Ellis, United Press.
Jamestown, FR, UNITED REPUBLIC (UP) — Local law enforcement authorities in Jamestown, Frentia confirmed to the UP the existence of the high-profile arrest of 54-year-old Maximus Savrinola, a leading Artorian priest of Rodarian nationality, for links to terrorism.
Police surrounded the Jamestown apartment at approximately 4:32 PM earlier today, cordoning off an entire city block prior to a two-hour standoff between the Jamestown SWAT team and Savrinola. Savrinola surrendered to the Jamestown SWAT team at 6:43, releasing 27-year-old hostage Amanda Lazni when he surrendered. Lazni showed clear scars, reportedly having been tortured during her time as hostage.
Arthur Reed, spokesman for the Noria County Police Department, told reporters during a media conference nearby the scene that the department had received a 911 call from the grounds of a nearby Artorian religious building at approximately 1:42 to report an assault on a woman by what Reed described as "a middle-aged male". Police arrived on the scene promptly, but by that time the perpetrator had left alongside the woman, who was evidently taken hostage. Witnesses described the man as having been a leading figure at the East Noria Artorian Center (ENAC), one of the only seventeen Artorian religious buildings in the entire state.
At about 3:55, police determined the suspect to have taken refuge in a nearby apartment building, belonging to Kaden Stimson, 35, a Jamestown resident and newly converted Artorian. The Criminal Investigation Division (CID) of the U.R. Department of Justice reported to the Noria Country Police Department at 4:17 that the man who took the hostage could potentially be Savrinola, a man suspected by the CID to be linked to KCP, an Artorian terrorist organization headquartered in Hamsburg, EN.
Within minutes, authorities had surrounded the home and a joint emergency response team consisting of CID and the local SWAT team entered a series of heated negotiations with a man inside the apartment who was reportedly holding a hostage. The hostage turned out to be young Lazni, a small businesswoman from Debruitt, who was reportedly brutally raped and tortured before police confronted the suspect at the door.
The suspect threatened to kill Lazni, prompting a long negotiation process and tense standoff that lasted until about 6:43, when Savrinola exited the building with Lazni and turned himself in. At the time, CID snipers that had taken a rooftop position across the street were preparing to kill him, telling negotiators to lure him near an exposed window on the side of the apartment.
Savrinola is a Rodarian national who has lived in the United Republic for upwards of two years, and has preached Artorian religious ideals at the East Noria Artorian Center in Jamestown since immigrating from Rodarion. He allegedly became a religious icon for Artorians within the country and gained the attention of the CID when he advocated Rodarion, an Artorian theocracy, to invade the United Republic last September in order to spread its religious and political ideology. Prior to his arrest this Saturday, he was considered one of the most influential Artorian clerics in the United Republic.
The police refused to comment on the ongoing investigation regarding Savrinola's motives, which are believed to be religious in nature. According to various accounts, Savrinola has actively advocated armed action against the United Republic for months.
It is currently unclear whether or not Rodarion will enter discussions with the United Republic regarding Savrinola, still a Rodarian citizen living in the U.R. with a green card.
Daniel Ellis is a reporter for the United Press. None of these organizations are associated with the UP or WZNN, and opinions in the article do not reflect the viewpoints of the UP or WZNN or their employees.
Leading Artorian cleric reportedly part of terror plan, Rodarian religious hate group
9 February 2013 | By Daniel Ellis (@danielellis) (UP)
The Jamestown apartment where Maximus Savrinola, 54, was arrested after a two-hour standoff with police. Photograph by Daniel Ellis, United Press.
Jamestown, FR, UNITED REPUBLIC (UP) — Local law enforcement authorities in Jamestown, Frentia confirmed to the UP the existence of the high-profile arrest of 54-year-old Maximus Savrinola, a leading Artorian priest of Rodarian nationality, for links to terrorism.
Police surrounded the Jamestown apartment at approximately 4:32 PM earlier today, cordoning off an entire city block prior to a two-hour standoff between the Jamestown SWAT team and Savrinola. Savrinola surrendered to the Jamestown SWAT team at 6:43, releasing 27-year-old hostage Amanda Lazni when he surrendered. Lazni showed clear scars, reportedly having been tortured during her time as hostage.
Arthur Reed, spokesman for the Noria County Police Department, told reporters during a media conference nearby the scene that the department had received a 911 call from the grounds of a nearby Artorian religious building at approximately 1:42 to report an assault on a woman by what Reed described as "a middle-aged male". Police arrived on the scene promptly, but by that time the perpetrator had left alongside the woman, who was evidently taken hostage. Witnesses described the man as having been a leading figure at the East Noria Artorian Center (ENAC), one of the only seventeen Artorian religious buildings in the entire state.
At about 3:55, police determined the suspect to have taken refuge in a nearby apartment building, belonging to Kaden Stimson, 35, a Jamestown resident and newly converted Artorian. The Criminal Investigation Division (CID) of the U.R. Department of Justice reported to the Noria Country Police Department at 4:17 that the man who took the hostage could potentially be Savrinola, a man suspected by the CID to be linked to KCP, an Artorian terrorist organization headquartered in Hamsburg, EN.
Within minutes, authorities had surrounded the home and a joint emergency response team consisting of CID and the local SWAT team entered a series of heated negotiations with a man inside the apartment who was reportedly holding a hostage. The hostage turned out to be young Lazni, a small businesswoman from Debruitt, who was reportedly brutally raped and tortured before police confronted the suspect at the door.
The suspect threatened to kill Lazni, prompting a long negotiation process and tense standoff that lasted until about 6:43, when Savrinola exited the building with Lazni and turned himself in. At the time, CID snipers that had taken a rooftop position across the street were preparing to kill him, telling negotiators to lure him near an exposed window on the side of the apartment.
Savrinola is a Rodarian national who has lived in the United Republic for upwards of two years, and has preached Artorian religious ideals at the East Noria Artorian Center in Jamestown since immigrating from Rodarion. He allegedly became a religious icon for Artorians within the country and gained the attention of the CID when he advocated Rodarion, an Artorian theocracy, to invade the United Republic last September in order to spread its religious and political ideology. Prior to his arrest this Saturday, he was considered one of the most influential Artorian clerics in the United Republic.
The police refused to comment on the ongoing investigation regarding Savrinola's motives, which are believed to be religious in nature. According to various accounts, Savrinola has actively advocated armed action against the United Republic for months.
It is currently unclear whether or not Rodarion will enter discussions with the United Republic regarding Savrinola, still a Rodarian citizen living in the U.R. with a green card.
Daniel Ellis is a reporter for the United Press. None of these organizations are associated with the UP or WZNN, and opinions in the article do not reflect the viewpoints of the UP or WZNN or their employees.
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