Shots fired as gunman seizes bus and takes hostages in Ukraine

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Man who said he was armed with guns and explosives opened fire on police after seizing a bus with about 20 people on board in Ukraine on Tuesday, police say. A counter-terrorism investigation had been launched.

wrote on Facebook about the incident in the city which is around 250 miles west of the capital Kyiv.

"Every effort is being made to resolve the situation without casualties. I keep the course of events under personal control," he said. TV footage showed empty streets cordoned off by people in military uniform, police cars and an armored personnel carrier, while pictures published on social media showed a small bus parked in the middle of an empty street. Two of its windows were smashed and the others covered with curtains.

The country's Deputy Interior Minister Anton Gerashchenko, said the gunman made demands on Twitter where he called himself Maksym Plokhoy, which translates as"Maksym the Bad One." Twitter has since suspended the account. However, Viktor Kroshko, head of the Volyn Oblast Police Department, told a press conference that his demands were"rather vague."Interior Minister Arsen Avakov said he was urgently traveling from Kyiv to Lutsk to take the situation under personal control.Patrick Smith is a London-based editor and reporter for NBC News Digital.

 

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