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 SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) - A 20-year-old Kazakhstan man turned himself over to police on Friday, ending a three-hour standoff and safely releasing a captive he held inside the Russian Embassy in Costa Rica, police said.
Roman Bogdanyants covered his face as he was escorted by police from the building, followed by a Russian man that police spokesman Francisco Ruiz said was held hostage.
Officials originally reported an armed gunman had seized eight hostages, quickly releasing five. But Russian Ambassador Valery Nikolayenko told Channel 7 Telenoticias in a phone interview from inside the building that he and three other officials had remained to help negotiate a peaceful end to the conflict.
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