ISTANBUL 

Kazakh authorities on Sunday detained a hostage-taker in the capital Astana, who locked himself and seven others in the building of a local bank. 

“The force operation in the building of Kaspi Bank was successfully completed. All hostages have been released … The hostage-taker has been neutralized!” the Interior Ministry said in a statement on Telegram.

After health checks, it was determined that neither the hostages nor the hostage-taker were injured.​​​​​​​