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Article: Armed bank robber killed in Budapest
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- Xinhua News Agency
- Article date:
- May 4, 2007
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Armed bank robber killed in Budapest
BUDAPEST, May 4 (Xinhua) -- One bank robber and hostage taker was
shot dead, but two hostages were shot and hurt on Friday afternoon
when police special forces entered a Budapest's OTP bank where the
robber had been holding hostages.
The police move came at 5:30 p.m. local time, after they threw in
a series of smoke bombs. This followed a two-hour siege, after a bank
robber carrying an AK-47 assault rifle entered the facility, disarmed
the security guard and took 8 hostages.
Police reported that the robber had demanded five million forints
(about 20,000 euros) and safe passage. Police were initially inclined
to meet the demands, but ...