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Headline: Man holds 17 hostages on hijacked bus in Rio de Janeiro

Caption: Police in Brazil have arrested a man after he hijacked a bus and shot two people at a bus station in Rio de Janeiro before holding 17 people hostage for about three hours. The man, who was not identified by authorities, handed himself over to police, according to a spokesperson for the Rio police. The bus, which had been scheduled to depart to the city of Juiz de Fora in Minas Gerais state, was waiting at the station platform on Tuesday afternoon (12March24) when the suspect broke into it after shooting and injuring two people outside the bus.

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