Police in the Russian capital have freed a supermarket employee who was held hostage by a knife-wielding man for several hours.
Moscow police said the suspect was arrested today after police officers stormed the market. They described him as a previous offender who was intoxicated when he took the woman employee hostage.
Russian news reports say she suffered minor injuries.
The incident occurred at a branch of the Diksi supermarket chain in the Koptevo area of Mo0scow, northwest of the city's centre.