Dramatic moment Brazilian news anchor negotiates live on air with man holding his family hostage with a knife

A Brazilian news anchor found himself in the middle of a nerve wracking hostage situation after the suspect asked to speak to him while holding his family hostage with a knife.
Jose Luiz Datena, the host of police and crime show Urgent Brazil, successfully negotiated with the man live on air and the suspect released his mother and sister whom he was threatening to kill with a knife.
Police had surrounded a house in the greater Sao Paulo metropolitan area and had been negotiating with the suspect for about an hour but to no avail.


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