POINTE-SAPIN, N.B. – Police  have arrested a 59-year old man from Pointe-Sapin after a hostage taking incident
early today.

RCMP were called to a senior citizens care home in Pointe-Sapin, north of Kouchibouguac, at around 7 a.m. where a man with a firearm had a female resident held hostage outside the home.

Const. Nick Arbour says the man and woman are known to each other but he would not disclose the nature of their relationship.

Arbour says a negotiation team was called in and the woman was released unharmed about three hours later.

He says the man threatened to harm himself but surrendered unharmed shortly before noon.