TALLINN, Estonia (AP) -- There has been a shooting inside the Estonian Defense Ministry in downtown Tallinn, officials said Thursday.
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Spokesman Peeter Kuimet said Thursday that there had been an ``incident involving guns'' inside the ministry and that police are on the scene.
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Martin Jasko, a spokesman for the government, said all employees have evacuated the building and police have cordoned off the surrounding area.
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The Postimees, a leading daily paper in Estonia, is reporting on its website that the shooter may have taken a hostage inside the ministry.
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A reporter for the Delfi news wesbite said from the scene that there had been shots approximately 20 minutes apart and that two people jumped through a window and ran away after the second shot.
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Hannes Kont, the director of press at Defense Ministry, told The Associated Press that the minister, Mart Laar, was not in the building when the shooting started.
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