SAO PAULO, Dec. 1 (Xinhua) -- Heavily armed Brazilian bank robbers on Tuesday seized several hostages and scattered looted bills in the air following a shootout with police, as they attempted to get away.
According to police reports, the assailants, armed with explosives and assault rifles, arrived aboard 10 vehicles in early morning at the headquarters of the state-run Banco do Brasil, in downtown Criciuma, a city in the southern state of Santa Catarina.
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