Posted on 05/11/2007 1:38:45 PM PDT by RDTF
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) -- Police say an armed Uzbek man has taken eight hostages, including the ambassador, at the Russian Embassy in Costa Rica.
Security forces quickly surrounded the building in San Jose, the capital, police spokesman Francisco Ruiz said. Authorities were trying to negotiate with the gunman.
Ruiz said the man, between 17 and 20 years old from Uzbekistan, entered the embassy with his mother and took Ambassador Valery Nikolayenko and four other men and three women hostage. Police were considering the mother a hostage.
The Costa Rica TV network, Telenoticias, reported that the man was apparently upset over the embassy's failure to process some undetermined paperwork.
Telenoticias said the man and his family have lived in Costa Rica for about a year.
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His visa?........
Must be those damn Mormans again... /sarcasm
“...armed Uzbek man...” TRANSLATION “...a male member of TROP...”
Could be trick by Kazakhstan.
Call Jack Bauerevsky
TROP?
And since it is one of the “’stans,” wonder what his religious persuasion is.....
P.S. KGB, GRU and FSB to not take this kind of thing lightly.
Glad to hear the russians having a few difficulties, I was beginning to think America had the market cornered on this kind of b.s.
I recall a similar something something happening in Syria to diplomatic staffers of theirs... Anyone remember how that one turned out?
Russian Ping.
Prayers for the hostages.
Death to the terrorist Muslim.
Wasn't there a story back in the days of the USSR, when some poor schmuck "terrorist" who tried capturing a Soviet dignitary. IIRC the KGB captured the guy and forwarded the family jewels on to his family. Last time something like that happened.
Yep, Muslims in Costa Rica. They travel up north and across the Mexican border right into the U.S.
He'll be dead in the next hour or so, so he won't have to worry about it anymore.
Wasn’t there a story back in the days of the USSR, when some poor schmuck “terrorist” who tried capturing a Soviet dignitary.
That was in Lebanon, shortly after the Marines barracks bombings. It was kinda like that. Major shock value.
Yup. Glad I wasn't in the mailroom that day.
those Buddhist people strike again!!!!
I remember that because I was wondering why we don’t do the same thing. I think the Russians cut off the ears of the one of the gunman’s relatives. The situation, interestingly, was quickly resolved soon after.
It must be those crazy Buddhists. What other religion is known for violence throughout the world?
There was an incident somewhere in SW Africa, 20-30+ years ago, a female CCCP LTC andher SGM husband.
Heads rolled, and rolled, and rolled....
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