Brazil hotel hostage crisis ends

29 September 2014 Last updated at 21:48 The man (C in shirt) who held a hotel employee hostage for hours was taken to a police station for interrogation. An armed man who held a hostage in a hotel in Brazil’s capital, Brasilia, for nearly seven hours has surrendered.

About 300 people were in the Saint Peter Hotel when the man stepped on to a balcony on the 13th floor holding what looked like a gun to the head of a hotel employee.

The handcuffed hostage appeared to be wearing a vest stuffed with explosives.

The siege ended with the man raising his arms in the air. He was was taken to a police station for interrogation.

Media reports suggested that he was mentally unstable.

Guests at the hotel told local media the man had knocked on the doors of their rooms and told them to leave because he was about to perform a “terrorist act”.

Police said that during their negotiations the man appeared to be making “political statements”.

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Brazil hotel hostage crisis ends