Police kill suspected bank robber; hostage saved

A suspected bank robber was shot dead while holding a person hostage and confronting police in a bank in Taishan district of Tai'an, Shandong province, on Tuesday afternoon, the Taishan branch of Tai'an Police said in a notice.

Local police officers arrived at the scene soon after they received a report at noon that an armed person had robbed a bank and taken a hostage. Details on the weapons were not included in the notice.

The suspect was extremely emotional and shouted that he wanted to die with the hostage, the branch police said.