America
Man held at Indian restaurant after standoff
Washington, Aug 13
A man armed with a
semi-automatic handgun was arrested from an Indian restaurant in US'
Vermont state after a standoff with police, a media report said.
Workers
and customers in the restaurant in Barre town panicked and took cover
during the 45-minute standoff, the Times Argus reported.
Sunny
Singh, who works at Rickie's Indian Restaurant and Shell Station, said
the arrested man was a regular at the restaurant that serves Punjabi
delicacies.
Shafali Saini, another Indian-American who works at the restaurant, said the suspect used to be a "really nice friendly person".
The
man, identified as Henry Premont, was taken into custody after a police
crisis negotiator spoke to him on telephone. He finally surrendered
himself and his weapon.