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Article: Italian manhunt ends with shootout and capture of suspected police killer near Rome's Circus Maximus
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- July 31, 2004
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FRANCES D'EMILIO, Associated Press Writer
AP Worldstream
07-31-2004
Dateline: ROME
In a shootout near the Circus Maximus in central Rome on Saturday, police wounded and captured a suspected killer who had grabbed a woman hostage, a police spokesman said.
Luciano Liboni, object of a 10-day manhunt suspected of killing a policeman July 22, had terrorized the capital a week ago when he shot at police and forced a motorist with his children to drive him in their car to escape.
After Saturday's shootout just before noon, Maj. Giovanni Arcangeli told SKY TG24 TV that Liboni grabbed a young woman and started firing when he spotted police officers approaching him near a subway stop across from the ...