Brazil - A police sniper in Rio de Janeiro has shot dead an armed man who took dozens of people hostage on a bus, according to officials.
The man, who reportedly identified himself as a policeman, took 37 people hostage on a bus that was travelling across a busy bridge connecting the suburb of Sao Goncalo to central Rio on Tuesday morning.
Several hostages who were released during negotiations recalled how the man had poured petrol in the vehicle and had threatened to set it alight.
After a four-hour standoff and negotiation, in which police say the hijacker made no specific demands, Brazil's elite police force BOPE said its sniper had "neutralised" him.
It added that all the hostages were released unharmed.
In a press conference, Rio's governor Wilson Witzel confirmed the hostage taker had been killed.
He added in a tweet: "Ideally, everyone should leave the operation alive, but we prefer to save the hostages.
"I have determined that the Victimisation Secretary takes care of the hostages and also the abductor's family."
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