(20 Dec 1997) T/I: 10:12:45
A hostage taker was killed during a shootout with police on Friday evening (19/12) at the Swedish embassy in Moscow. The hostage, a Swedish diplomat, had been released unharmed, but a police officer who took his place suffered a heart attack during the shoot-out and died later in hospital. Police said a mentally deranged man forced his way into the car of commercial attache Jan-Olof Nystroem early Friday evening after threatening him with a grenade. The hostage-taker demanded a ransom of 100,000 dollars and an aircraft to fly out of Russia.
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MOSCOW, RUSSIA 19/12
WS square and cars by night;
MS parked car;
paramedic in blue clothing near the car has been treating negotiator for heart trouble;
gunshots as police surround car,
VS shooting;
repeat of shootout from camera near cars;
VS police carrying fatally injured negotiator Colonel Anatoly Savelyev away from scene;
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