China News Service, July 22nd. Comprehensive foreign media news. On the evening of July 21, local time, the Ukrainian police issued a statement saying that the man who hijacked a bus in the center of Lutsk had been arrested and all the hostages in the car had been rescued. . In addition, Baranetski, director of the Counter-Terrorism Center of the Ukrainian Security Agency, said that the hostage-taking man had accomplices, and some accomplices have been arrested.
According to Russian satellite network reports, on the morning of the 21st local time, a man hijacked a bus in Lutsk, Ukraine, and took the 13 passengers in the bus hostage. The man carried explosives and weapons and confronted the police.
According to the report, the man had asked Ukrainian President Zelensky to issue a statement to let everyone watch the 2005 movie "Earthman." He threatened that if his request was not met, he would detonate the bus and die with the hostages.
According to previous news from the Deputy Director of the Office of the President of Ukraine, the man released three hostages after talking to Zelensky. They were an elderly person, a child and a pregnant woman. Later, the man surrendered to law enforcement officers and was arrested. All the remaining 10 hostages were rescued.
Baranetski, director of the Counter-Terrorism Center of the Ukrainian Security Agency, said at a press conference: "This person was prepared for the crime. There are accomplices, and several people have been detained."
The BBC quoted police sources as saying that the man named Maksym Kryvosh (Maksym Kryvosh) was sentenced to 10 years in prison for fraud and illegal possession of weapons.