OTTAWA, June 16 (Xinhuanet) -- A Canadian boy is among those dead in a hostage taking at a school for international students in northern Cambodia, it is reported Thursday.

    The boy's name has not been released by Foreign Affairs, but spokesman Andrew Hannon confirmed he was a Canadian.

    The standoff took place at the Siem Reap International School. At around 9 a.m. local time Thursday, masked gunmen burst in and took at least 29 students and a teacher hostage.The hostage takers demanded 30,000 US dollars, weapons including AK-47 assault riflesand B-40 grenade launchers, and a van to get them over the border into Thailand.

    They threatened to kill the children one by one if their demands were not met. The gunmen reportedly killed the boy when authorities declined to meet all of their demands, Cambodian Information Minister Khieu Kanharith said, quoting the deputy national police chief, Neth Savoeun.

    Kanharith said the Canadian boy who was killed was three years old and that he was shot in the head. Canadian Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Foreign Affairs Dan McTeague told reporters that his information is that the boy was two years old.

    "Details are still emerging, given the place where this is," McTeague said. "We'll certainly know more as the hours go on, "he added. Enditem