The hostage taker was killed in police assault.

劫持人质者在警方突袭中丧生。

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Tourists were hostages of a policeman here, Rolando Mendoza. After a few hours of the horrible crime, some of the victims were dead including the hostage-taker.

一群游客被一个叫门多萨的警察挟持为人质。这种可怕的行为持续了几个小时后，几名游客被杀害，挟持人质者也被打死。

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From the onset of this incident, the hostage-taker seemed to not be belligerent, as shown by the release of hostages.

事件一开始，劫持者看起来并不残暴，这可以从释放人质这一举动看出来。

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Ritter, the police spokesman, then announced that the hostage-taker had been killed as shots rang out when authorities entered the home.

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In recent years, Mr Belmokhtar has gained notoriety as a hostage-taker across the vast Sahara, often demanding multi-million dollar ransoms from Western governments which - along with cigarette-smuggling - finances his jihad.

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Therein lies the bargaining strength of the hostage-taker.

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