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| Gunmen invade luxury hotel in Rio de Janeiro |
| 2010-08-21 |
| [Dawn] Gunnies invaded a luxury hotel popular with foreign tourists and took 30 people hostage Saturday but within hours freed the captives and surrendered to police. "We quit!" The 10 who invaded the Intercontinental Hotel were part of a large group of heavily armed, suspected narcos who had become embroiled in a shootout with police outside a large slum near the upscale São Conrado neighborhood, a police spokeswoman said. The other suspects beat feet. "The gunnies were holding the hostages in the kitchen of the hotel, but we negotiated with them," said the spokeswoman. "All of the hostages are freed and 10 suspects are in custody." |
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