KHARKIV – Ukrainian police on Saturday freed the remaining hostages being held in a post office by a man believed to be strapped with explosives. They arrested the hostage-taker after an hourslong standoff in the city of Kharkiv.
Reuters: Ukrainian police storm post office, free hostages
Ukrainian policemen storm an office of the Ukrposhta postal service in northeastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv on Dec. 30, where a man with an explosive device took 11 people, including two children, hostage.
All of the remaining hostages kept in a post office in Kharkiv have been released, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has posted on Facebook late on Dec. 30
