Brazilian police killed a man who took a collective with 30 people hostage

A armed man took this Tuesday, August 20th 5:30 am to at least 30 hostages who were aboard a bus on the bridge that connects the city of Rio de Janeiro with Niteroi. The police first negotiated with the abductor and, a few hours later, when he got out of the vehicle towards a hostage, He was shot and fell on the collective staircase.

The man, who was traveling on the bus, announced the kidnapping after 5:26, according to the site. G1. Shortly before 6 am, the bus crossed the Rio da Ponte lane and the criminal threatened to set the vehicle on fire. Police of the Special Operations Battalion (BOPE) came to the scene and began negotiations with the abductor: within hours, six people, four women and two men were released.

During the negotiations, the authorities cut off traffic on the BR-101 road linking the municipalities of Rio de Janeiro and Niterói. Around 9:00 am, the sniper came down the bus, targeting one of the hostages and was shot dead by a sniper. The military police spokesman, colonel Mauro Fliessreported that the offender was carrying a toy pistol, as indicated Or a balloon. "That's the police we want to see. The sniper neutralized the marginal and saved the bus pbadengers, "said Fliess.

The kidnapped person, who was wearing black pants, a white shirt, a black cap and a black scarf concealing part of his face, has not yet been identified and the motives he had for taking the collective are unknown.

"We have a man who identified himself as a military policeman, threatening to throw gasoline into the bus, putting pbadengers in jeopardy, we are negotiating with him to free him from Other hostages, we do not know what its real purpose is, "he had explained hours before Sheila Sena, Federal Highway Police spokesperson (PRF) for the Brazilian newspaper.

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