Gunmen hold 34 hostage in Venezuela
China Daily | Updated: 2008-01-30 07:25
Left: A hostage stands inside a bank in Altagracia de Orituco in the central state of Guarico, some 350km south from Caracas, yesterday. Top right: A robber holds a gun inside the bank. Bottom right: A hostage shouts as she holds a sign in the bank. Reuters |
Gunmen held more than 30 people hostage inside a Venezuelan bank yesterday during a lengthy and tense standoff with police that began with a botched robbery.
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