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Escarted by metro detectives, and other officers, 38-year-old suspect Robert McLagan, who claimed to be an ex-mercenary, is led from Banque Canadienne(...)
Escarted by metro detectives, and other officers, 38-year-old suspect Robert McLagan, who claimed to be an ex-mercenary, is led from Banque Canadienne(...)

Escarted by metro detectives, and other officers, 38-year-old suspect Robert McLagan, who claimed to be an ex-mercenary, is led from Banque Canadienne(...)

Date3/21/1977
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Original Toronto Star caption: Escarted by metro detectives; and other officers; 38-year-old suspect Robert McLagan; who claimed to be an ex-mercenary; is led from Banque Canadienne Nationale at King and Yonge Sts. last night nearly 12 hours after 11 bank employees were taken hostage by a man armed with a sawed-off shotgun in a bid for a plane to go help my friend Idi Amin. Suspect surrendered quietly.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0120003F
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