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Traffic on Interstate 95 was diverted for hours after a group of armed men fled from police near Wakefield, Mass. on Saturday. Massachusetts state police say 11 suspects have been taken into custody. Michael Dwyer/AP
Eleven people were taken into custody Saturday after an hours-long standoff with police early Saturday outside Boston.
While police engaged in negotiation, members of the group engaged the public on social media, saying their group was called Rise of the Moors.
The heavily armed men were said to be driving from Rhode Island to Maine for training.
The incident started around 1:30 a.m., when state police noticed two cars stopped at the side of I-95 near Wakefield, Mass., apparently out of fuel. As troopers stopped to assist, they noticed that some individuals near the cars had military-style gear, and were carrying long guns and pistols, Massachusetts State Police Col.
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