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Friday, December 19, 1997 Published at 22:49 GMT
World: Europe
Hostage attacker killed in Moscow
There's been a violent end to a hostage drama at the Swedish embassy in Moscow.
An armed man holding one hostage in a car inside the embassy grounds was killed in a gun battle with Russian special-force police.
His hostage was a Russian security officer who had earlier taken the place of a Swedish embassy employee.
The gunman was demanding a three-million-dollar ransom.
From the newsroom of the BBC World Service
