41 Taken Hostage in Russia

Gunmen took 41 bus passengers hostage in southern Russia Tuesday, the Interior Ministry announced.

The unidentified gunmen stopped the bus carrying the passengers near the town of Starvropol.

The bus was heading for the town of Mineralnye Vody in the same region, said the ITAR-TASS news agency.






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