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Brazil bus hijacker, armed with toy gun, shot dead by police

Aug 20, 2019 - 9:31 PM

(UPDATED) It is not clear if the hijacker made any demands or what his motivation was for taking the hostages. Police say none of the hostages were injured.

HIJACKED. A member of the police gives instructions to drivers near the area where a gunman holding a bus with 16 hostages was shot dead by police in Rio de Janeiro on August 22, 2019. Photo by Mauro Pimentel/AFP