Final four police hostages released in Armenia standoff

[WorldNews]

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Pro-opposition gunmen locked in a week-long hostage standoff with Armenian authorities on Saturday released the final four police officers held captive, officials said, but remained holed up and heavily armed. A group of supporters of jailed opposition leader Zhirair Sefilyan stormed a police building in the capital Yerevan last Sunday, killing one officer, taking several more hostage and seizing a cache of weapons. Senior military officer Vitaly Balasanyan, who was acting as an intermediary, said the hostage-takers first released two of the officers Saturday morning "without any conditions" before then freeing the final two high-ranking officials.

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