14 Mar 2013 15:14

Police negotiating with Astrakhan hostage-taker

ASTRAKHAN. March 14 (Interfax) - Officers from the Interior Ministry department for the Astrakhan region have started negotiations with a man who has taken hostages at the Volga-Caspian Fishing Industry College, the department told Interfax.

"Negotiations are under way now," it said.

It was reported earlier that a man armed with a pistol had taken three people hostage, including two girls, at the Volga-Caspian Fishing Industry College in the center of Astrakhan.