Gunman releases all hostages in Georgian capital Tbilisi - police
TBILISI (Reuters) - A gunman has released unharmed all nine hostages he had taken at a microfinance organisation in the Georgian capital Tbilisi on Friday, police said. According to preliminary information, the gunman was not demanding a ransom but had some social demands, including lower prices for medicines
TBILISI (Reuters) - A gunman has released unharmed all nine hostages he had taken at a microfinance organisation in the Georgian capital Tbilisi on Friday, police said.
According to preliminary information, the gunman was not demanding a ransom but had some social demands, including lower prices for medicines.
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Last month, a masked gunman took 43 hostages during a bank robbery in the town of Zugdidi in western Georgia. He disappeared after receiving a ransom of $500,000 and releasing all hostages.
(Reporting by Margarita Antidze; Editing by Hugh Lawson)
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