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Gunman takes several people hostage in Moscow bank Gunman takes several people hostage in Moscow bank
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Several clients and members of staff are trapped in a bank branch in eastern Moscow, after a man brandishing a pistol entered the premises, demanding money, police sources report. An armed police team has been dispatched to seal off the building. An armed robber, who earlier took six people hostage in a bank branch in eastern Moscow, has told police that he has a bomb on him. One of the hostages remains inside, sealed off from the gunman.
Up to six people could be being held hostage in the bank, according to LifeNews.
A live feed from the Life.ru news portal shows a squad of armed officers taking up positions around the entrance to bank, and a sniper at the door pointing a rifle inside. An RT live feed shows a squad of armed officers taking up positions around the entrance to the bank, and a sniper at the door pointing a rifle inside.
Moscow police has issued a statement saying that five hostages had been freed after negotiations with the bank robber, and that one - a woman - still remained inside. Police said that she had "barricaded herself inside one of the utilities rooms."
Earlier police sources told Interfax news agency that the man entered the branch of Moscow Credit Bank at 8.40 pm on Wednesday evening, holding what appeared to be a pistol or convincing replica, and instructed cashiers to empty the cash vaults.Earlier police sources told Interfax news agency that the man entered the branch of Moscow Credit Bank at 8.40 pm on Wednesday evening, holding what appeared to be a pistol or convincing replica, and instructed cashiers to empty the cash vaults.
The staff pressed the panic button, at which point the gunman barricaded himself inside one of the offices with presumably four clients and two members of staff, including one woman. The staff pressed the panic button, at which point the gunman barricaded himself inside one of the offices, with four clients and two members of staff remaining on the premises.
The hostage taker relayed the message that they would not be set free, until he was given the money inside the branch. The hostage taker then relayed the message that they would not be set free, until he was given the money inside the branch.
Moscow police has issued a statement that five hostages had been freed by the authorities, and that as many as three may remain inside, contradicting earlier reports about the numbers held up at gunpoint.
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