The most common hostage situation is when the hostage-taker is...?
- Rational and uses people to trade their lives for whatever goal she/he has.
- Emotionally and/or mentally disturbed.
- Rational and uses people to attract public attention.
- Rational and uses people as human shields so that she/he does not get shot by the police.
Answer
The correct answer is B) Emotionally and/or mentally disturbed..
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