11 killed, including 5 hostages, in Brazil bank robberies: mayor

Rio de Janeiro - The violence erupted in the city of Milagres, in the northeastern state of Ceara.

Eleven people - six bank robbers and five hostages, including a child - were killed Friday in a pre-dawn assault on two banks in northeast Brazil foiled by police, the local mayor said.
The violence erupted in the city of Milagres, in the northeastern state of Ceara, with a fierce pre-dawn shootout between the armed robbers and the police.
"Our information from the hospital is 11 victims killed - six bandits and five hostages," the mayor of Milagres, Lielson Landin, told Radio Band News.