Armed man takes 3 hostages in Belgrade

January 30, 2012 - 20:47 AMT

PanARMENIAN.Net - A man who entered a police station in a Belgrade municipality armed with a device described as "a bomb" has surrendered to police.

There was some confusion as to the unidentified man's target, since the same building houses the police station and the municipal hall of Иukarica.

The man held three police employees hostage for almost an hour and a half before ten members of the Special Anti-Terrorist Unit (SAJ) entered the building.

According to unofficial information, the man fired a shot from his pistol when he charged into the police station, but nobody was injured.

Belgrade-based Blic newspaper claims on its website that the man was "dissatisfied with the work of the police, who failed to find the thieves who a year ago burglarized his apartment".

The Serbian police (MUP) are yet to issue an official statement about the incident, B 92 reported.