Posted on 07/27/2004 11:19:56 PM PDT by DocRock
Four people were killed inside Chile's embassy in Costa Rica after the policeman in charge of security at the building took seven people hostage, the government said.
"When we went in a few minutes ago, we found four people dead," said Costa Rican Security Minister Rogelio Ramos, who said the hostage-taker was one of the dead.
Ramos earlier identified the hostage-taker as Orlando Jimenez, a Costa Rican police officer who has been part of the embassy's security detail for several years.
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Three of those dead are victims and one is the killer. I hate it when the media lumps them all into the same group.
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