WORLD IN BRIEF : SOVIET UNION : Armenians Take Soviets Hostage
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Armenian nationalist gunmen took a Soviet guard detachment hostage after a fierce fight on the Turkish border. The Armenian news agency Armenpress said the newly elected 259-seat Parliament in Yerevan interrupted proceedings to send a group to try to secure the release of the soldiers and the return of their weapons. Separately, an explosion apparently set off by an Azerbaijani militant killed four people and wounded 10 on a passenger train near the Black Sea.
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