Moscow police detain man who threatened to blow up bank

Police in Moscow has detained a man who threatened to blow up a bank with explosives he claimed to be carrying. The man, carrying a bag from a food delivery courier service, entered the Alfa Bank branch office on the main Moscow thoroughfare on Saturday afternoon.

Alfa-Bank said its employees at the office escaped through an emergency exit. It was not immediately clear if any customers were caught in the incident. News reports said the man-made unspecified demands.

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