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| Seven killed in Florida hostage siege lasting hours | |
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| A gunman holding hostages in a building near Miami in the US state of Florida killed six people before being shot dead by police, officials say. | A gunman holding hostages in a building near Miami in the US state of Florida killed six people before being shot dead by police, officials say. |
| Officers stormed the block of flats in Hialeah, north of Miami, on Saturday morning after a stand-off lasting several hours. | |
| Two hostages were freed unharmed, police said. | |
| Five of the victims were found inside the complex - another man was killed while walking across a street outside. | |
| Police said an argument had broken out between the couple who ran the building and the suspected gunman, who is thought to have been a tenant. The landlords were among those killed. | |
| Police were called after shots were fired shortly before 18:30 local time (20:30 GMT) on Friday. | |
| They found the gunman had barricaded himself in an apartment on the fifth floor, and taken two people hostage. | |
| Police moved in after almost eight hours of negotiations, local media said. | |
| "They made the decision to go in there and save and rescue the hostages," Sgt Eddie Rodriguez told the Associated Press. |