Rio Bus Kidnapper Killed After Keeping Hostages for Three Hours

Rio de Janeiro police on Tuesday killed an armed man who had taken dozens of bus passengers hostage on a postcard Guanabara bay bridge connecting the capital to a neighboring city.

Shots were heard and then a stretcher was brought to the bus. A sniper from the military police’s special forces "neutralized the target," and the hostages were freed unharmed after being held for more than four hours, according to the Rio de Janeiro police’s Twitter account.