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| Bus Passengers Taken Hostage, Released in Vladivostok |
| 2004-04-17 |
| "Driver? Say, driver! My ticket's not for Vladivostok!" A man demanding political asylum in the United States took 11 bus passengers hostage the Pacific port city of Vladivostok on Saturday, but released them unharmed, news reports said. The 29-year-old man, brandishing what turned out to be a fake gun, seized the bus, apologized to the passengers and demanded to be taken to the U.S. Consulate General, the news agency ITAR-Tass reported. During negotiations with police, the man said he and his family were in danger, the report said without giving details. He released all the hostages and surrendered after an appeal from his mother who was brought to the scene, the agency reported. |
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