Man Suspected to Be Armed Takes Hostage in Kyiv Bank

Man Suspected to Be Armed Takes Hostage in Kyiv Bank
Police officers stand guard outside a building where an unidentified man reportedly threatens to blow up a bomb in a bank branch, in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Aug. 3, 2020. Valentyn Ogirenko/Reuters
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KYIV—A man suspected to be armed took a hostage in a bank office in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv on Monday but has made no demands yet, deputy interior minister Anton Gerashchenko said.

Gerashchenko wrote on Facebook that the man came to the bank at midday, told employees there he had a bomb in his backpack and asked them to call police.