GLENN VAN ZUTPHEN, WORLD NEWS: In Japan, a teenager is under arrest following a bus hijacking that left one woman dead. Peter Hadfield (ph) reports on the swift end to the day-long hostage standoff near Hiroshima.</s>PETER HADFIELD, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): The police crept up on the bus from two sides, carrying ladders and hammers. They smashed their way in and threw a percussion grenade to disorient the hijacker. Within seconds, police had subdued the teenager. One policeman was slightly injured in the struggle, but the 10 remaining hostages escaped unhurt. Most of them were pulled from windows or out of the rear emergency exit. The hijacking has been a major media event here, with live coverage from most networks after the bus was hijacked during a routine trip on the southern island of Kyushu (ph). Its journey ended in a parking area near Hiroshima. For most of that time, the hijacker kept his 16-inch kitchen knife close to the throat of a 6-year-old girl. She had been making her first trip alone on a bus and was on her way to see her grandmother when the hijacking occurred. During the rescue operation, the girl was pulled from a window and was carried to safety by police officers. In total, three people were stabbed by the hijacker. They were rushed to hospital while the bus was standing in the parking area. One of them, a 68-year-old woman, later died. The police aren't releasing the name of the hijacker because he's a juvenile. They say he has a history of mental illness. His only demands had been a gun, a bullet proof vest and passage to Tokyo. This incident is the latest in a series of stabbings by teenagers in Japan in recent months. Peter Hadfield, in Tokyo, Japan, for CNN.
Japanese Police Arrest Bus Hijacker