AIDS Sufferer Surrender Ends Riviera Hostage Drama

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AIDS Sufferer Surrender Ends Riviera Hostage Drama

Reuters (10/31/93)

Nice, France--A man with AIDS detained three hostages in a French Riviera clinic for six hours before surrendering early Sunday after his brother, a police officer, convinced him to give up, said authorities. Christophe Azouzi, 32, a former patient of the Sainte-Marie clinic, had demanded $120 million and a helicopter in exchange for the release of two nurses and a friend of one of the nurses whom he held captive. According to police, Azouzi was suicidal but agreed to surrender after long telephone conversations with doctors and his brother, who is part of a police anti-terrorist squad. Azouzi set the hostages free unharmed and was taken to a Nice police station for questioning.

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