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A gunman has surrendered after shooting and wounding two people and taking 17 passengers hostage at a main bus station in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. However, he later released his kidnappers after negotiations. Brazilian police said. “The hostage surrendered,” said Colonel Marco Andrade of the military police. He was arrested. Then all the hostages were released. They are all safe.” Earlier, police said agents from the elite Special Operations Battalion (BOPE) unit were “negotiating on site” after a man shot two people and took a bus hostage at the Novo Rio bus station.
A total of 17 people were detained in this entire incident. “This includes children and elderly people,” Andrade told reporters outside the station. He said one person was shot three times, while the other suffered minor injuries.
Police have not revealed the identity of the gunman or his motive. According to reports, images circulated showing chaos at a station in the center of Rio, where buses depart for all regions of Brazil. Police is also deployed around this area. “A man took out a gun, started firing and entered the bus. Everyone in the bus was scared. We don't know what will happen.”
In 2000, two people were killed in a bus hostage situation in a residential area of Rio. This incident caught the attention of the entire country. Because it was broadcast live on television for hours and inspired the 2008 film “Last Stop 174.” In 2019, a hijacker armed with an imitation gun was shot dead by police in Rio after he held a bus full of passengers hostage for several hours on the main bridge connecting the city to Niterói. Brazil's most prestigious city, Rio de Janeiro has long been plagued by high crime rates linked to poverty and inequality.