A woman has been killed in a shoot-out after armed men burst into a tourist hotel in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro, police say.
A group of about 30 people were taken hostage at the Hotel Intercontinental, in the Sao Conrado area, after a gun battle with police in a nearby street.
The hostages were reportedly released unharmed when police cornered the gunmen in the hotel kitchen.
Seven people were wounded, and nine suspected gang members were arrested.
Jose Mariano Beltrame, head of public safety for the state of Rio de Janeiro, told AFP news agency after Saturday’s gun battle at the five-star hotel: “Unfortunately in Rio we have drug traffickers with barbaric tendencies, and when they run into the police these things happen.”
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