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Subject: One helicopter takes off with Myanmar gunmen, officials

Thailand-Myanmar-takeoff,lead
   One helicopter takes off with Myanmar gunmen, officials
   ATTENTION - ADDS details of hostage release

   BANGKOK, Oct 2 (AFP) - One helicopter has taken off from a school yard in
central Bangkok, carrying five gunmen, as well as Thai Deputy Foreign
Minister
Sukhumbhand Paribatra and one other official, an AFP reporter on the scene
said.
   Before boarding the helicopter the gunmen released 23 hostages who had
been
forced into vans at gunpoint at the Myanmar embassy Saturday.
   They were among more than 30 hostages held by the gunman for over 24
hours,
since the group calling itself the "Vigorous Burmese Student Warriors" took
over the embassy compound.
   tp-gw/de/rob