Hostages unharmed in attempted Mexico bank robbery

Police officers respond to a hostage situation outside a bank in Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico, on Monday. (REUTERS via social media)

• A police tactical team convinced the suspect to open the door with the idea of releasing the hostages

MEXICO CITY: A bank robbery turned hostage situation in northern Mexican has ended with police killing the thief and the hostages escaping unharmed.
The robber entered a branch of the Banorte bank in Hermosillo in Sonora state Monday morning and took four women hostage with a knife.
Hermosillo police said in a statement that hours later a police tactical team convinced the suspect to open the door with the idea of releasing the hostages. But the suspect resisted releasing them and was shot.
The 31-year-old man died later at a local hospital.