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| Perpetrator detained after triggering HOSTAGE situation at bank in central Moscow (VIDEO) | Perpetrator detained after triggering HOSTAGE situation at bank in central Moscow (VIDEO) |
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| A standoff with a hostage-taker has unfolded in central Moscow, empty due to the Covid-19 quarantine, after an assailant holed up at a downtown bank. Reports said he was threatening to blow the building up. | A standoff with a hostage-taker has unfolded in central Moscow, empty due to the Covid-19 quarantine, after an assailant holed up at a downtown bank. Reports said he was threatening to blow the building up. |
| Moscow police initially responded to an emergency call from one of the bank’s employees, who said the assailant had burst into the building and threatened to blow it up. At least five clerks are assumed to have been inside at the time. | Moscow police initially responded to an emergency call from one of the bank’s employees, who said the assailant had burst into the building and threatened to blow it up. At least five clerks are assumed to have been inside at the time. |
| Reports then said that only one person remained in the building as authorities tried to negotiate the situation. | |
| The hostage-taker had apparently worn the uniform of a local food delivery chain. That was not confirmed, however. | |
| The Alfa Bank office, located on a busy avenue in central Moscow, was quickly sealed off by arriving police patrols, with officers establishing contact with the suspect. | The Alfa Bank office, located on a busy avenue in central Moscow, was quickly sealed off by arriving police patrols, with officers establishing contact with the suspect. |
| He was detained later in the day, without anyone getting hurt. |