Commandos kill hostage-taker

Moscow - Russian commandos killed a hostage-taker who seized a Swedish embassy employee in Moscow yesterday and demanded a $3…

Moscow - Russian commandos killed a hostage-taker who seized a Swedish embassy employee in Moscow yesterday and demanded a $3 million ransom, witnesses said. A Russian negotiator who replaced the Swede in his car in the embassy grounds was badly wounded and was taken to the nearest hospital.

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