An armed man held dozens of people hostage on a public bus on Tuesday in Rio de Janeiro and threatening to set the vehicle on fire, Brazilian police said.
Officials said the man has identified himself as a policeman but this has not been confirmed. He reportedly has a gun and a knife.
The man has not made any particular demands and appears to have"psychological problems," a spokesperson for the traffic police said on TV Globo. Rio's elite police force known as BOPE is in charge of the negotiations. A sniper has been placed nearby. Traffic has been blocked in both directions on the bridge, with hundreds of vehicles waiting in line.
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