Rio police shoot dead man who hijacked bus

By Gabriel Stargardter and Rodrigo Viga Gaier
Updated August 21 2019 - 6:28am, first published 6:25am
An armed man who hijacked a bus in Rio, holding 37 people hostage, was shot dead by police.
An armed man who hijacked a bus in Rio, holding 37 people hostage, was shot dead by police.

A police sniper in Rio de Janeiro has shot dead a man who had hijacked a bus on a bridge across Guanabara Bay and taken 37 people hostage.

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