Source: hostage-taking in Moscow, shot in civil commando – Sight

special forces soldier went into a branch of the Moscow Credit Bank under the guise of a negotiator and eliminated the man who seized hostages, said a source in law enforcement.

«Fighter rapid response squad in civilian clothes He acted as a negotiator. During the ensuing conversation, he used the service weapon to kill, neutralize the offender, “- said the source of” Interfax “.

It should be reminded about 20.40 MSK in Moscow took an unknown prisoner of the Moscow Credit Bank. A man walked into a bank branch and demanded to give him money. Employees of the bank had to press “alarm button”, and then the man barricaded himself with them in the office.

The invader threatened to blow. He demanded 4.7 million rubles and 13 thousand. Euro.

The police dismantled a criminal. The hostages were not injured.

The source said that the man, hostage-taking saw the device, similar to a explosive, so it was decided to eliminate the criminal. Sources said that in the end “bomb” turned out to be a hoax. Also found the gun offender.

A source in one of the law enforcement agencies of the capital, took part in the military operation said that the man who took hostages in a bank in the east of Moscow, could not have a criminal record, but had large debts.