Ukraine: Gunman takes bus passengers hostage in Lutsk

A man formerly convicted for armed robbery has been holding about two dozen people hostage on a bus for hours in north-west Ukraine. The hostage drama in the city of Lutsk began on Tuesday morning when emergency services received a call from a man who said he had hijacked a bus and taken about 20 people hostage. Police said that the hostage-taker has weapons and explosives on him. Anton Herashenko, Ukraine’s deputy interior minister,  identified the man as Russia-born Maxym Kryvosh who has spent around a