A hijacker armed with explosives took 10 Australian tourists hostage on a bus in northwest China Wednesday, before police shot him dead, media in both countries reported.The man released all but two of the hostages shortly after taking them captive, but held on to a woman and the group's translator, Australian media said, quoting the country's Department for Foreign Affairs and Trade.
The man had demanded that police let him move to another bus and then drive to an airport, China's state-run news agency, Xinhua said.
The Xinhua News Agency also identified the hijacker as a man called as Xia Tao, who took control of the bus in the tourist city of Xi'an.
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