Ukrainian police say bus hostages freed, gunman arrested
- The crisis lasted over 12 hours with police managing to first escort three people from the vehicle after lengthy and tense negotiations with the perpetrator.
KIEV: The siege of a bus with 13 passengers by an armed man on Tuesday has ended with all the hostages freed, Ukrainian police said.
"The hostages are freed! The man who took hostages and kept them on a bus in Lutsk has been detained," the interior ministry posted on Telegram.
The crisis lasted over 12 hours with police managing to first escort three people from the vehicle after lengthy and tense negotiations with the perpetrator.
The SBU security service said a total of 13 hostages were freed and no civilians were harmed in course of the incident.
"The terrorist has been identified as Maksym Kryvosh, who disseminated extremist views," the service said in a statement.
Interior minister Arsen Avakov posted photos and videos on his Twitter of people being escorted by security officers and a man in jeans lying face down on the asphalt with hands behind his back.
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